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基本説明
Covering the rise of the Celtic Tiger in the 1990s and the experiences of Ireland's leaders and ordinary citizens alike to offer a new look at how Ireland's boom came to be, how it went bust, and how it must get smart.
Full Description
Few countries have been as dramatically transformed in recent years as Ireland. Ireland finally emerged in the late 1990s as the fastest-growing country in Europe, with the typical Irishman enjoying a higher standard of living than the average Brit. Just a few years after celebrating their newly-won status among the world's richest societies, the Irish are now saddled with a wounded, shrinking economy, soaring unemployment, and ruined public finances. After so many centuries of impoverishment, how did the Irish finally get rich, and how did they then fritter away so much so quickly? Here, veteran journalist David J. Lynch offers an insightful, character-driven narrative of how the Irish boom came to be and how it went bust. He opens our eyes to a nation's downfall through the lived experience of individual citizens: the people responsible for the current crisis as well as the ordinary men and women enduring it.
Contents
Introduction: 'The Boom Times Are Getting More Boomer' Frugal Comfort The Most Important Pub in Ireland Liftoff A Different Country Famine to Feast Having it All People Lost the Run of Themselves Money is Just Evidence Epilogue: The Ireland that we Dreamed Of
