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This book revisits the history of industry and industrial and economic policy in independent Ireland from the birth of the state to the eve of EEC accession.
List of contents
- 1: Vantage Point, 1972
- 2: The Pre-1922 Southern Business Establishment and its Legacy
- 3: Firms of Note in 1922
- 4: The Irish Free State of the 1920s
- 5: From the Great Depression to the End of the Emergency
- 6: The Post-War World and Dual-Track Reform
- 7: Trade Liberalisation and the Road to Europe
- 8: The Industrial Landscape of 1972 and Beyond
- 9: Epilogue
About the author
Frank Barry is Professor of International Business and Economic Development at Trinity College Dublin and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He holds a PhD in Economics from Queen's University, Ontario, and has held visiting positions at the Universities of Stockholm, California, and New South Wales, and with the Harvard Institute for International Development. He has served as an economic consultant across the developed and developing world. His research interests are in foreign direct investment and the modern economy, and in Irish economic and business history.
Summary
This book revisits the history of industry and industrial and economic policy in independent Ireland from the birth of the state to the eve of EEC accession.
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One of the most striking facts revealed by Barry's research is how far the Irish industrial economy at the time of the break with Britain was dominated by companies run by Protestant and Unionist owners-in a sense 'foreigners' in the newly independent, Catholic-dominated state. While a significant number of these owners exited the country after 1922, the policies of free trade and financial orthodoxy of the first ten years of the new state helped to maintain some attractiveness for investors who might otherwise have joined the exodus.
