An Economic History of Ireland since 1660

Calkin, Homer L; Cullen, L. M.

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“…34 With FF in government, Ireland's average tariff level rose from 9 per cent in 1931 to 45 per cent in 1936. 35 Though it has been argued that the Irish Free State moved from 'one of the least to one of the most protected economies in the world', ithin the international context of the time Ireland was not an outlier. 36 Though the average tariffs in Ireland were towards the higher end of what was typical within Europe at the time, 'they were similar to those in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom'.…”

Section: Origins Of the Irish Economics Profession And Its Change Of ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Watchdogs of the Economy: The Development of the Irish Economics Profession's Independent Voice

Fitzgerald

O'Rourke

2023

Irish Economic and Social History

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Histories of the development of professions show a profession's relationship with the state as key to its authority. Yet professions, to gain technocratic authority, also strive to depoliticise their discourses to gain technocratic authority. This dilemmatic tension is particularly true for the economics profession. The historical development of the Irish economics provides an interesting case, where a complicated relationship with the state ultimately strengthened the profession within a society. An initial formalisation trajectory of Irish economics was thrown off course by the formation of an independent Irish state in the 1920s. This marked a period of isolation for the profession and saw it ostracised from government policy. Subsequent developments also saw the Irish economists’ position as critics of government policy rather than a core part of the state.

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Section: Origins Of the Irish Economics Profession And Its Change Of ...mentioning

confidence: 99%