Archive for the category: ‘Book reviews by Senator Paschal Donohoe’

Will we ever learn?

9th February, 2010

I hope so. Though ‘This Time is Different’ by might make you think otherwise. This fine book is a review of 800 years of......

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Party at the Cross Roads

7th December, 2009

Had a weekend of family sickness. Amidst sick children over my shoulder I managed to read the new Kevin Rafter book on Fine Gael. I......

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The Politics of Austerity.

1st July, 2009

Read some excellent articles on this broad theme over the last number of days. The first was in the available in the Economist: This......

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The New World

16th June, 2009

Excellent piece in today’s FT by Mohamed El Erian on the challenges facing policy makers and politicians in the new economic world, it’s available......

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What Fine Gael would do differently, what happened at the meeting

23rd April, 2009

To anyone who checks my blog daily I apologise for posting nothing yesterday. It was the day after a public meeting and I always......

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Why do Irish Politicians Not Write More Books

14th April, 2009

Reading ‘The Storm’ by Vince Cable MP, the Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson at the moment. It’s an excellent read, providing an overview of what caused......

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When Markets Collide

30th March, 2009

The Irish Times have today published my book review of ‘When Markets Collide’, the winner of the Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year 2008. ......

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The Future of Capitalism

10th March, 2009

This is the name of a series of articles on this topic been run by the Financial Times this week. They are available at......

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The Future of Capitalism

10th March, 2009

This is the name of a series of articles on this topic been run by the Financial Times this week. They are available at......

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The Sub Prime Solution

3rd March, 2009

That’s the name of a book by an American economist called Robert Shiller. Got home last night from canvassing a part of Stoneybatter and started......

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