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Preventing the future:

why was Ireland so poor for so long?
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Gill & Macmillan, 2004 - Business & Economics - 278 pages

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To be fair, I only read the beginning and end of this, but basically if you'd like a neoliberal theory about why the Irish were too "backward" to succeed and why they should "accept" the fact that ...

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Contents

A Logic of Collective Action
10
Wealth and Poverty
27
Political Culture and Economic Development
43
Copyright

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Preventing the Future: Why Was Ireland So Poor for So Long?
Preventing the Future: Why Was Ireland So Poor for So Long?
Tom Garvin
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TitlePreventing the future: why was Ireland so poor for so long?
AuthorTom Garvin
PublisherGill & Macmillan, 2004
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized30 Jun 2010
Length278 pages
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Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Education and state
History / Europe / Ireland
Ireland
Political Science / General
Political Science / Public Policy / General
  
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