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Ship of fools : how stupidity and corruption killed the Celtic Tiger

Between 1995 and 2007, the Republic of Ireland was a worldwide model of successful adaptation to economic globalization - then the bubble burst. Fintan O'Toole presents a passionate account of how things went wrong, focusing on corrupt planning and poorly regulated banks

Print Book, English, 2010
Faber, London, 2010