Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger - Couverture souple

O'Toole, Fintan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571260756 ISBN 13 : 9780571260751

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2010

Synopsis

For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. Low taxes, light regulation and an 'anything goes' attitude seemed to have created boundless prosperity. And then, as in Iceland, the glittering palaces vanished in the heat of the global financial meltdown. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble.

In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickening fall. Ireland may have had a tiger economy, but those in charge of it had not lost their taste for sweetheart deals, back-handers and bribery. This is the essential analysis of Ireland's economic suicide.

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À propos de l'auteur

Fintan O'Toole is one of Ireland's most respected and controversial political and cultural commentators, and an acclaimed biographer and critic. His books include White Savage, A Traitor's Kiss, Meanwhile Back at the Ranch, the number one bestseller Ship of Fools, which Terry Eagleton called 'a brilliant polemic', and its sequel Enough is Enough. He lives in Dublin and is a columnist for the Irish Times.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571260756
• ISBN 13: 9780571260751
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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