The Irish Times

Arrival of McDonald’s in Moscow marked a new era in 1990, just as its exit does now

US fast-food joint was a post-Soviet Union landmark in Russian capital for three decades

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 14:56

Fed policy must adjust for inflation

Martin Wolf: Price rises risk becoming permanent

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 10:16

‘Too many companies playing not to lose rather than to win’

Radical approach to social and environmental issues can boost business in the long run

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 05:39

Cybercriminals go corporate as hacking hacking becomes a business

It is estimated between 20 and 50% of companies pay a ransom to free their information.

Fri May 28 2021 - 18:12

David McWilliams: A 30-year economic supercycle ended this week

Agenda of unlikely radical Biden is to give economy back to the man on the street

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00

Smurfit’s refusal to be boxed in by rivals pays off for investors

With its share price at an all-time high, Smurfit Kappa chief Tony Smurfit has been vindicated in his decision to reject a rival offer three years ago

Sat Feb 20 2021 - 08:00

Corporate America is breaking with Donald Trump

Markets have been relatively stable as Joe Biden has risen in the polls

Fri Oct 30 2020 - 12:05

Chile votes to rewrite constitution, sparking mass celebrations

78 per cent of people back a new charter to replace one imposed in Pinochet era

Mon Oct 26 2020 - 17:31

Why Covid-19 could lead to higher prices

Martin Wolf: Sensible governments should finance all their debt at today’s ultra-cheap rates

Wed May 20 2020 - 11:09

David McWilliams: Why Central Bank must give everyone free money right now

Is such a move a one-off to tackle Covid-19 crisis? Yes. Can it be done? Absolutely

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00

Helicopter money: A direct economic shot in the arm for all citizens

It sounds far-fetched but it’s being discussed within some of the world’s leading financial institutions

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 05:08

Pessimistic sentiment over climate change and trade grips business

Davos 2020: Rise of populism and future of capitalism also high on worry list

Fri Jan 24 2020 - 14:57

Is shareholder capitalism dying?

Hundreds of US’s biggest public companies have shed their shareholder-first ideology

Tue Sept 10 2019 - 05:00

He took down the elite at Davos – then he came for Fox News

Rutger Bregman is part of a wave of young thinkers rejecting prevailing economic dogma

Sat Mar 16 2019 - 05:36

Here is why it is not completely crazy to buy a lotto ticket

Smart Money: why do lotto players ignore the odds? Economics has a surprising answer

Sun Feb 24 2019 - 11:35

US economists win Nobel prize for work on climate change

William D Nordhaus and Paul M Romer awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 12:45

The Nike game: marrying politics with profit

Growing number of firms finding principle doesn’t have to be at expense of business

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 05:10

Why do we continue to put our trust in Facebook and Google?

Bad week for internet overlords marked by undercover exposé and €4.3bn fine

Thu Jul 19 2018 - 04:35

Chris Johns: Ireland needs Plan B for life after corporation tax

No need to worry about economy overheating but we need to look past corporate taxes

Sun Nov 12 2017 - 13:02

‘Nudge’ theorist Richard Thaler wins Nobel economics prize

US economist wins for work in behavioural economics – how human traits affect markets

Mon Oct 09 2017 - 12:09

‘The Apprentice’ is the most Brexit of TV shows, living in a landscape of denial

Exhibit A: Tory boy Elliott Van Emden who can barely disguise his glee when describing his job of evicting tenants

Wed Oct 04 2017 - 22:00

Let us stop repeating the lie that Irish people do not protest

The legacy of Apollo House is that the public now knows change can occur

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 05:00

Conor O’Clery: Remembering the last day of the Soviet Union

On Christmas Day, 1991, Gorbachev ended the USSR and Boris Yelstin took power

Sat Dec 24 2016 - 01:00

Chris Horn: Time for unions to become players in gig economy

Following Uber ruling, there is an opportunity for unions to design apps for public

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 07:16

The enduring certainty of radical uncertainty

If you had described your iPhone in 1976, Friedman would not have understood you

Wed Apr 06 2016 - 01:00

We don’t need no free-market education

Opinion: Universities should train people for life, not just match them to jobs

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 11:16

To stimulate global growth we need to be bold

It is time for Plan C, which could mean central banks giving every adult citizen a lump of money to spend

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 06:30

Booked review: Green Giants by E Freya Williams

How choosing sustainability can actually help smart companies make money

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 04:30

Analysis: Renua Ireland think-in provides actual thinking

Party tries to inject some adrenaline into comatose concept with Dublin event

Fri Sept 04 2015 - 01:00

Renua Ireland wants new flat tax on all income

Declan Ganley urges party not to shy away from big ideas at first think-in in Dublin

Thu Sept 03 2015 - 21:30

Stability or openness: can China now manage both?

The real test of the Communist Party’s popularity may have arrived as economy slows

Fri Aug 14 2015 - 07:30

Could maximising shareholder value be the ‘dumbest idea in the world’ ?

Companies and executives accused of moving from a value-creation approach to one of value extraction

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 01:45

At Berkeley review: impeccable work from Fred Wiseman

Fri Sept 12 2014 - 00:00

Libertarian notion of US government is foolish fantasy

Is libertarian economics at all realistic?The answer is no

Tue Aug 12 2014 - 01:00