The Irish Times's recent articles
24 January 2021
There's nothing entrepreneurial about Rentier Capitalism, as it sucks up more of the wealth pie
'Rentier Capitalism' is a cracking thesis on a cruel economic order. Read it and you’ll start seeing rentiers everywhere, hearing them in every news bulletin, all involved in massive anti-competitive behaviour and impoverishing the rest of society.
14 January 2021
A referendum on Irish unity is coming, whether we like it or not (Irish Times Jan 11, 2021)
Whoever favours keeping Northern Ireland in union with Great Britain, or prefers a united Ireland, needs to prepare for a referendum in the North on that exact choice, followed by a matching referendum in the South – if there is an affirmative vote for unity in the North.