History of the Irish Economy

hooplah

Hi folks,

There's a talk coming up in the Central Library that I thought boardsies based in Dublin might be interested in.

Conor McCabe, author of 'Sins of the Father: The decisions that shaped the Irish Economy' will be speaking on "From independence to the IMF: the Irish economy and the forces that shaped it, 1922-2010".

It takes place oin the first of March.

Apart from writing the aforementioned book Conor has also been involved in the Irish Labour History Association and contributes to the Dublin Opinion blog. His book has been described as “far and away the best … attempt to explain our economic collapse” it had garnered praise from pundits as varied as David McWilliams and Vincent Browne.

http://bit.ly/Aoelkz for more details

hooplah

If anyone is interested here is a link to a talk the same chap gave at the recent 'Unlock NAMA' campaign launch.

dubhthach

Ireland, 1912-1985: Politics and Society by Joe Lee features a lot about the economy etc. It's a very good book I haven't read it in over 10 years but I'd recommend it still.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ireland-1912-1985-Politics-Joseph-Lee/dp/0521377412/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329388834&sr=8-1

hooplah

Hi Dubhthach,

That Joe Lee book is great. like yourself I haven't read it in a long time but i think it does give a very readable, narrative overview of the period.

I do think it possibly gives a bit of an 'official' view of the period though. McCabe's book doesn't contain a lot of new information, and he gives credit to everyone he draws on but I think his book is fairly unique in that it draws lots of evidence together to make new points - basically that successive governments valued "Light regulation banking as opposed to fisheries, international markets as opposed to industry and job creation".