This article reviews the transformation of the Irish economy since the early 1980s. Credit for the initial stabilisation of the economy is given to the shock therapy of cutting expenditure, favourable exchange rate and ...
In exploring the medium-term prospects for the Irish economy, this article argues that a pessimistic scenario, in which the rapid growth of recent years inevitably ends in a crash, is not plausible. But neither is it ...
Focuses on the growth of Ireland's economy in the 1990s. Comparison of its annual rate of output growth to that of the European Union since 1993; Implications of Ireland's rising employment to population ratio; Factors ...