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Book 2002

The Celtic Tiger In Distress

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Published
2002
  • Political economy
  • Political structure & processes
  • Political Science
  • Ireland
  • Economic conditions
  • Economic policy
  • Income distribution

The high-growth phase of Ireland's development that is known as the Celtic Tiger is usually dated to the fiscal austerity programme implemented by the minority Fianna Fail government which took office in March 1987 (for an insider account, see Mac Sharry and White, 2000).