Marc Coleman

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Marc Coleman presents "The Marc Coleman Show on Newstalk 106 to 108 writes an economics column for the Sunday Independent newspaper, is a regular speaker on economic and policy issues, author of 2 bestselling books, one predicting Irelands crisis but also recovery and the other putting forward an agenda for renewed prosperity. He has been criticised for his opposition to the excessive power of trade unions in the public sector but is himself a member of the National Union of Journalists and his radio show provides regular representation to trade union viewpoints, although Coleman himself is regarded as center right.

Early life

Coleman was born in Dublin but lived as a child in Erlangen, Bavaria before returning to Ireland in the mid-1970s. He was a member of Fine Gael in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

A graduate of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Coleman also holds both a scholarship MBA and Master's degree from University College Dublin and a primary degree from Trinity College, Dublin.

Career

Coleman became Newstalk's Economics Editor in 2007 after working for The Irish Times between 2005 and 2007.[1] He now also writes for Ireland's largest Sunday paper, the Sunday Independent, broadcasts a weekly current affairs programme " the Marc Coleman Show" on Newstalk 106-108fm and regularly speaks at public events.

Coleman's publications prior to joining The Irish Times included articles in the ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary, the Jesuit publication Studies, Administration magazine and Magill magazine.

Economics Editor, Columnist and Author"

Between 2005 and 2007 Coleman produced several articles warning of Ireland's coming economic crash.[2]

Counter intuitively, Coleman published a book with a positive title the following year. Entitled The Best is Yet to Come it repeated many of his warnings about a possible impending crisis in chapters 3,4 and 5 and highlighted the unsustainable nature of both the property market and construction Industry in Ireland. But the book retained a positive view of Ireland's capacity to recover and forecasted that IReland's population would continue growing despite crisis. Between 2006 and 2013 - the period of the crisis - Ireland's population rose from 4.2 to 4.6 million according to Ireland's Central Statistics Office data. Coleman maintains this will provide a basis for restored prosperity by 2020.

Late in 2009, Coleman published "Back from the Brink" in which Coleman prescribed policies that he argued would accelerate economic recovery in Ireland and the world, such as overhauling the financial regulatory system that existed before the boom, reforming Ireland's political system and shifting growth from construction and property .

Style

Common topics for discussion on his radio shows on Newstalk are: the state of the economy, social issues, the quality of media coverage of politics and renewing Ireland's party political system. He as a former statistician expressed skepticism about some polls evidence on referenda results.

References

  1. ↑ ireland.com - The Irish Times - Fri, May 04, 2007 - Rival coalitions still poles apart
  2. ↑ "He Had a Good Run but now the Celtic Tiger is in Trouble" [Irish Times July 6th 2006] and the failure of regulation. One article, published in the Irish Times on March 31st 2006 began with the words "Stop the economy I want to get off."

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