Public engagement
Policy Briefings:
`Degrowth: is there any consensus on whether it might be a good idea?' Economics Observatory, 4 November 2024.
'Where is the wealth of nations in the 21st century?'. Economics Observatory. 12 July 2023.
'Currency Choice: what lessons from Ireland for an independent Scotland?' (with Séan Kenny) Economics Observatory. 16 March 2022.
'How have economists thought about the environment?' Economics Observatory. 9 December 2021.
'How have economists thought about climate change?' Economics Observatory. 28 October 2021.
`What were the economic consequences of Irish independence? Economics Observatory. 27 April 2021.
`Does environmental damage increase the risk of pandemics?' (with Matthias Beck), Economics Observatory. 30 June 2020.
`Degrowth: is there any consensus on whether it might be a good idea?' Economics Observatory, 4 November 2024.
'Where is the wealth of nations in the 21st century?'. Economics Observatory. 12 July 2023.
'Currency Choice: what lessons from Ireland for an independent Scotland?' (with Séan Kenny) Economics Observatory. 16 March 2022.
'How have economists thought about the environment?' Economics Observatory. 9 December 2021.
'How have economists thought about climate change?' Economics Observatory. 28 October 2021.
`What were the economic consequences of Irish independence? Economics Observatory. 27 April 2021.
`Does environmental damage increase the risk of pandemics?' (with Matthias Beck), Economics Observatory. 30 June 2020.
Op-Ed articles:
`The age-heaping mystery: why so many people forgot their real age' (with Chris Colvin and Stuart Henderson). RTE Brainstorm. 21 October 2024.
`The leading alternative to GDP is languishing over a technical disagreement – with grave potential consequences '. (with Nick Hanley and Cristian Ducoing) The Conversation, 27 August, 2024.
`Whither AI? UK productivity growth, a longer-run perspective'. (with Mark Schaffer) Royal Society of Edinburgh, 8 July 2024.
`If you follow the degrowth agenda, it leads to an economy that looks a lot like the sickly UK'. The Conversation, 5 March 2024.
`Financing Ireland's Social Revolution through land bonds'. Irish Independent, 8 August 2023.
`Scottish Independence: What lessons can be learned from across the Irish Sea'. The Scotsman, 23 October 2023.
`What will inflation mean for Irish energy and climate policies' (With Aisling Finucane and Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm. 23 September 2022.
`Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth'. (With Cristian Ducoing and Les Oxley). The Conversation. 14 September 2022.
'What lessons can history teach us about food security?'. (with Chris Colvin and Matthias Blum). RTE Brainstorm. 9 June 2022.
`What can Scotland learn from Irish independence?' (with Seán Kenny). The Conversation. 20 May 2022.
`Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout' (with Chris Colvin and Matthias Blum). The Conversation. 31 March 2022.
`Could a 19th century economist unlock the Irish rental crisis' (with Niall Whelehan). RTE Brainstorm 26 October 2021
`Demographics and Pandemics: The Case of Two Irelands' (with Chris Colvin). Irish Times, 15 September 2020, online 16 September 2020.
`How to measure the demographic impact of a pandemic' (with Chris Colvin) . RTE Brainstorm, 22 June 2020
`How governments can make politically correct investments' (with Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm, 20 May 2020
`Coronavirus and Spanish: economic lessons to learn from the last truly global pandemic' (with Chris Colvin). The Conversation, 11 March 2020.
`Black Thursday: When two Cork city banks failed'. Holly Bough 2019.
`The age-heaping mystery: why so many people forgot their real age' (with Chris Colvin and Stuart Henderson). RTE Brainstorm. 21 October 2024.
`The leading alternative to GDP is languishing over a technical disagreement – with grave potential consequences '. (with Nick Hanley and Cristian Ducoing) The Conversation, 27 August, 2024.
`Whither AI? UK productivity growth, a longer-run perspective'. (with Mark Schaffer) Royal Society of Edinburgh, 8 July 2024.
`If you follow the degrowth agenda, it leads to an economy that looks a lot like the sickly UK'. The Conversation, 5 March 2024.
`Financing Ireland's Social Revolution through land bonds'. Irish Independent, 8 August 2023.
`Scottish Independence: What lessons can be learned from across the Irish Sea'. The Scotsman, 23 October 2023.
`What will inflation mean for Irish energy and climate policies' (With Aisling Finucane and Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm. 23 September 2022.
`Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth'. (With Cristian Ducoing and Les Oxley). The Conversation. 14 September 2022.
'What lessons can history teach us about food security?'. (with Chris Colvin and Matthias Blum). RTE Brainstorm. 9 June 2022.
`What can Scotland learn from Irish independence?' (with Seán Kenny). The Conversation. 20 May 2022.
`Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout' (with Chris Colvin and Matthias Blum). The Conversation. 31 March 2022.
`Could a 19th century economist unlock the Irish rental crisis' (with Niall Whelehan). RTE Brainstorm 26 October 2021
`Demographics and Pandemics: The Case of Two Irelands' (with Chris Colvin). Irish Times, 15 September 2020, online 16 September 2020.
`How to measure the demographic impact of a pandemic' (with Chris Colvin) . RTE Brainstorm, 22 June 2020
`How governments can make politically correct investments' (with Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm, 20 May 2020
`Coronavirus and Spanish: economic lessons to learn from the last truly global pandemic' (with Chris Colvin). The Conversation, 11 March 2020.
`Black Thursday: When two Cork city banks failed'. Holly Bough 2019.
Public Talks:
HEDG Hosts
'Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth' [25 May 2023]
HEDG Hosts
'Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth' [25 May 2023]
Political Economy of Secession: Lessons from the Early Years of the Irish Free State
Presented at the The Political Economy of Devolution in, and Secession from, the UK [19 November 2021]
Presented at the The Political Economy of Devolution in, and Secession from, the UK [19 November 2021]
Radio and podcasts:
RTE The Business, Previous Pandemics, 12 September 2020
At The Margin, 1 September 2020