Thanks to an overdose of austerity, it is highly likely that Spain will be pushed out of the finance markets - and into an IMF-ECB bailout programme - by the end of the year. By Aidan Regan.

It is astonishing that there has been so little debate on Irish tax policy up to now, given that we have one of the most aggressive low-tax regimes in Europe. By Aidan Regan.

It is surely more rational to have political control over the price of government debt than to leave price formation to the anarchy of the market. By Aidan Regan.

The vampire squid that is Goldman Sachs is busily jamming its blood funnel into as many positions of power in Europe as it can. By Aidan Regan.

Eighty years from now the failed Irish austerity experiment will be a central chapter in all macroeconomic textbooks. By Aidan Regan.

The policies advocated by Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble as a cure for the crisis in the Eurozone should give us pause. Be afraid, be very afraid, writes Aidan Regan.

Democratic states could, and should, assert their political authority and start bargaining with the ‘market’ rather than bending down to its demands. By Aidan Regan.

It is in Ireland's long term interest to become part of a confederated Europe of states; that is, to receive and contribute, tax and spend, and coordinate its labour market and social polices as though it were a region of Europe not a nation state. By Aidan Regan.

Should Ireland go a step further than the pension levy and implement capital controls to limit investor choice in Ireland, asks Aidan Regan

Rumours of this special little island's special ability to perform economic miracles were, as we all know by now, greatly exaggerated. Aidan Regan outlines the peculiar alignment of stars that led to boom, and the choices made that guaranteed spectacular bust.