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Think tank for Action on Social Change
AbbreviationTASC
Formation2001
TypePublic policy think tank
Headquarters101 Baggot St. Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland
WebsiteOfficial website

TASC ("Think-tank for Action on Social Change") is a think-tank based in Dublin, Ireland.

Activities and events

Speakers at the 2018 FEPS-TASC conference 'Redistribution in an Austere World'

The organisation's outputs include an annual "Inequality Report"; research on tax, pay and working conditions in Ireland; development of best practices for deliberative democracy forums, and a "Toolkit for Open Government".

TASC hosts a number of events, including an annual conference which is held in association with the Brussels think tank, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS). Former speakers at TASC events have included the social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, and economists Ann Pettifor and Thomas Piketty.

References

  1. ^ "Latest News & Events". tasc.ie. 18 April 2018.
  2. "Cherishing All Equally 2017 Economic Inequality in Ireland" (PDF). tasc.ie. 2017.
  3. "Ireland vulnerable due to over-reliance on corporate tax – TASC". irishtimes.com. 28 June 2017.
  4. "Living wage: 'Ireland is an outlier in terms of its high levels of low pay'". thejournal.ie. Journal Media Ltd. 14 July 2018.
  5. "Living With Uncertainty - The Social Implications of Precarious Work" (PDF). tasc.ie. 2018.
  6. "Precarious employment has a negative impact on mental health". irishexaminer.com. 19 April 2018.
  7. "Open Government Toolkit | Home Page". tasc.ie. 29 July 2014.
  8. "Inequality breeds anxious, boastful depressives, conference hears". irishtimes.com. 22 June 2018.

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