TASC ("Think-tank for Action on Social Change") is a

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based in Dublin, Ireland.

Activities and events

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

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and

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* Think tanks based in the Republic of Ireland Socialist think tanks Think tanks established in 2001 Organisations based in Dublin (city) 2001 establishments in Ireland {{Ireland-org-stub