Eoin Flaherty – The Conversation

Cash in hand. Start rich to get richer. Images Money/Flickr

March 21, 2016

Four simple steps the UK government follows to make you really, really rich

Eoin Flaherty, Queen's University Belfast

When the excitement over cabinet resignations and the sugar tax subsides, the 2016 Budget acts as a blueprint for making the wealthy wealthier.

Chancellor George Osborne delivers his eighth budget. Hannah McKay / PA Wire

March 16, 2016

Geraint Johnes, Lancaster University; Alan Shipman, The Open University; Andrew Street, University of York; Anya Ahmed, University of Salford; Daniel Muijs, University of Southampton; David Eiser, University of Stirling; Eoin Flaherty, Queen's University Belfast; Gavin Midgley, University of Southampton; John Maloney, University of Exeter; John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science; Jonquil Lowe, The Open University, and Stephen Roper, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Amid sluggish global growth and a stuttering UK economy, George Osborne delivers his eighth budget.

Mansa Musa: richer than “anyone can decribe”. Abraham Cresques of Mallorca

January 27, 2016

Eoin Flaherty, Queen's University Belfast

Oxfam’s latest report says that the richest 62 people own as much as the poorest 3.6 billion. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Who is paying the most? Tax burden via Orla/www.shutterstock.com

July 10, 2015

Michael Barrow, University of Sussex

In his budget, George Osborne said that we are all in this together. A look at the evidence shows that we’re not.

No wonder the Tories can’t look poor people in the eye. EPA/Andy Rain

July 8, 2015

Eoin Flaherty, Queen's University Belfast

After months of speculation, we now know how the Chancellor plans to save £12bn from the welfare budget.