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Author McCabe, Conor, author.

Title Sins of the Father : tracing the decisions that shaped the Irish economy / Conor McCabe.

Publication Info. Stroud : History Press, 2011.

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Edition [US & CA version].
Description 1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Housing; 2 Agriculture; 3 Industry; 4 Finance; 5 From Bank Guarantee to Bailout; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Copyright.
Summary The questions surrounding how the Irish economy was brought to the brink - who was to blame, and who should pay for these mistakes - have been rightly debated at length. But beyond this very legitimate exercise, there are deeper questions that need to be answered. These questions relate to why we made the decisions we did, not just in the last ten years, but over the last eighty. How did certain industries become more prominent at the expense of others, banking as opposed to fisheries, international markets as opposed to indigenous industry and job creation? Are our problems structural in natu.
Language English.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Ireland -- Economic policy -- 20th century.
Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Ireland -- Economic policy -- 21st century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economic history
Economic policy
Ireland https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqvXDFC7pX6tHkq6DX68C
Chronological Term 1900-2099
ISBN 9781845887193 (electronic bk.)
1845887190 (electronic bk.)