“It’s just another manic Monday
Wish it were Sunday
That’s my fun day
My I don’t have to run day
It’s just another manic Monday”
(The Bangles)
Overtime payments are given to those for whom Sunday is not a fun-day, that is in recognition of unsocial hours worked, hours out of sync with the rest of society. Attacking their use in […]
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Who is we paleface?
Working Eight to Eight
Aileen
It’s Budget Day here, and I’m finding it difficult to concentrate what with the sense of impending doom. In the weeks leading up to today’s budget the government had been in talks with the representatives of most of the Irish unions on how best to cut public sector pay. Details of what was being […]
Christmas Gifts for the Token Economist
Oisin sent around his Amazon wish list, a fine list of books that I wish I not only owned, but also had read and crucially remembered. One of the things on the list is Charles Tilly’s “Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons”, but his friends can save themselves a bit of money by downloading this […]
