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There are 25 rich countries in the
OECD area and the economic, business
and social indicators indicators
show that Ireland is below average
in several areas : Ireland's
social, economic and business
deficits in 2020
US alcohol prohibition did not
almost kill off the Irish whiskey
industry : Jameson
Irish whiskey among top global
brands; UK is biggest exporter
In 2017 Ireland supposedly
exported ?17bn worth of Apple
iPhones/ materials to China even
though there were no shipments! : Ireland's
record trade surplus of ?107 billion
in 2018 ? an illusion?
Impressive data on inward and
outward FDI from Ireland and to
Ireland, from the United States
Department of Commerce ? in the real
world it's bullshit! : US
FDI into Ireland and Irish
investment in America ? facts and
myths
American Political Tradition: American
political and business corruption
predated Trump presidency
Irish critics of Brexit and
Ireland's economic disaster a decade
ago: Irish
property "Ponzi scheme" vs. Brexit
delusion
Brexit has brought the Irish
closer to EU but we remain in
Anglo-Saxon orbit: Ireland's
transactional membership of the
European Union
High Irish consumer prices impact
real earnings: Irish
prices 27% above EU average,
adjusted disposable income below
Public and private debt in Euro
Area: Irish and
Euro Area debt as recession fears
rise
The world of low interest rates: Low
interest rates, globalization,
technological change and ageing
Ireland's ratio of population to
exporting firm is high ? not good
news for an exporting nation: Ireland's
missing exporters
Interest rates set to remain at
lowest in 5,000 years: Low
interest rates, globalization,
technological change and ageing
Why did the Industrial Revolution
begin in Britain?: Industrial
Revolution in Ireland: Fortune and
Misfortune
A no-deal Brexit could result in
chaos 40 years after last
Shakespearean tragedy: A 'winter
of discontent' and Brexit
Fintan O'Toole, Brexit and Irish
direct democracy: Debt
default and leaving euro as false
remedies to Irish economic crisis
Ireland's 2018 standard of living
per capita: Below
EU28 average and Italy's despite
the latter's endemic stagnation
Poor state of entrepreneurship in
Ireland: Low
employer business startups and
number of indigenous exporting
firms
Is Irish public spending out of
control? : German
word ?schuld' can mean either
'debt' or 'guilt'
British Empire economic heyday, EU
and Brexit: Since
1868 Britain's best economic
performance has been during EEC/EU
membership 1973-2018
Unreliable rankings with Apple as
Ireland's biggest shell company!! :
The
fiction in Irish Times Top 1000
2019 leading companies
New Cold War: Containing
China is a dumb policy
Key facts on climate change: Carbon,
greenhouse effect, blaming the Sun
& Ireland's poor emissions
record
Ireland's innovation failures: Irish
Government as alchemists in
innovation game
Ireland's poor exporting sector: Ireland's
underperforming indigenous exporting
sector
Few Irish firms in FT 1000 &
Inc. 5000 Europe lists of
fastest-growing companies:
2019
listings show that Ireland is
over-dependent on
foreign-controlled firms
Time for Internet change 30 years
after first website: Facebook
chief in dramatic change requests
governments and regulators to take
control
European Globalization 500 years
ago: Savonarola & Machiavelli:
The
first globalization in Europe had
many benefits and severe
consequences including colonialism
Globalisation & Massive Tax
Avoidance: Ireland
and the Faustian Bargain with
hyper-globalisation undermining
globalisation
Fact or Fiction: Irish
workers most productive in world or
same as Italians?
Tale of Two Cities: Dublin
ranked worst for traffic jams, best
for expats
Brexit plebiscite: David
Cameron's flawed referendum of 2016
Compared with pre-Great
Recession years, inflation-adjusted
wages/ earnings are poor: Poor wage growth in
rich world despite jobs recovery
Ireland's path from poorest
country in Western Europe on Jan 1,
1973: Ireland's
global social, economic, business
rankings 2019
A seminal British insider's
account of the Brexit farce: Brexit
lessons for Britain from 30 months
and 30 years
The Dutch Republic 1581-1795:
First
Modern Economy: Myths on tulips
& most valuable firm in history
Free Trade and Poison:
The
human cost of the Western diet and
European colonialism
Since 2000, the European
Union has been one of the better
performing economic units for growth
in the Western World: EU
GDP per capita outpaced UK and US in
2000-2018
The Divided States of America: Rupert Murdoch and
the poisoning of American politics
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US
vs China Tech War raising risk
of Thucydides Trap? Part 1&2
Trinity
College Dublin and its
Innovation District dream
Shortage
of STEM graduates a myth in
Europe and US
Epic
failure of global war on drugs
under lead of US
Irish
jobs top 2007 bubble peak as
rural villages in peril
Pessimism
& Ignorance: The world of
common people has never been
better
German
import demand supports 5m jobs
in European Union
No
Utopia but are Nordic countries
happiness superpowers?
Global
city housing crisis and costly
planning restrictions
Brexit
and rickety foundations of the
Irish economy
Irish
Housing Crisis: It's time for
radical solutions ? Part 1
Average Irish housing size
lowest of EU's rich countries ?
Part 2
Irish
real house prices up 175% in 50
years, UK +405%, Germany -1%
Best
countries in world to start or
run a business in 2018
When
600-year old French word
entrepreneur replaced capitalist
High
growth firms as the Holy Grail
or fool's gold?
Irish
2017 per capita standard of
living again below Italy and
EU-28 average
Irish
broad rate of unemployment at
17% in March 2018; headline rate
at 5.8%
150 years for
poor Irish child/ descendants to
earn national average income: 60
years in Denmark
Profits
of US firms in Ireland at 800%
of payroll costs
Ireland
has very low employer firm
startup rate- UK rate highest
among advanced countries
Economic
Facts of Week: Tech giants
killing young firms
Trump
makes racism respectable again
in America
BREXIT
A
seminal British insider's
account of the Brexit farce:
Brexit lessons
for Britain from 30 months and
30 years
Brexit plebiscite
designed by arrogant fool: David Cameron's
flawed referendum of 2016
Similar
economic structures fuel
Ireland's high Brexit risk
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