Economic History of Ireland Since Independence

Andy Bielenberg is the Statutory Lecturer in Economic History at University College Cork.Raymond Ryan is a Post-Doctorate research fellow in Modern Irish History at University College Cork

• Introduction Section One 1. From dependent free state to EEC member-state; economic policies 1922-1973 2. A new frontier; the EEC/EU and economic governance: 1973-2011 Section Two 3. Nature’s bounty; agriculture and natural resources 4. Late industrialization; from import substitution to foreign direct investment 5. From good haircuts to bad bankers; the services sector in the economy Section Thre 6. International trade and economic development 7. Investment, credit and economic development 8. A European outlier? Demography and the labour force 9. Conclusion

"The economic history of Ireland since independence—from decades of underachievement to Celtic Tiger, from Celtic Tiger to burst bubble—is a challenging and exciting story, waiting to be told. Andy Bielenberg and Ray Ryan meet the challenge magnificently.’Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin