What: Irish Unemployment Policy: An Urgent Debate When: Friday, November 4th at 12.00   Dr. Liam Delaney @LiamDelaneyEcon The dramatic rise in unemployment in recent years is the most urgent policy problem facing the Irish state. Unemployment durations greater than one-year, in particular, are associated with a range of negative long-run social, economic and psychological consequences. While rebalancing the economy in terms of debt, price and fiscal policy following a protracted bubble and collapse is clearly the most direct route to solving this problem, it is also absolutely clear that such a process is a medium-to-long term one and the question of … Continue reading Irish Unemployment Policy: An Urgent Debate