Dimensions
153 x 234 x 18mm
Ireland is deeply in debt, beholden to the IMF, the EU and the bond markets. Its economy is frozen, and years of austerity are ahead.
It didn't have to be this way - and it doesn't have to be this way. In The Good Room , David McWilliams, who wrote about the dangers of the Irish property bubble and imbalances within the eurozone at a time when other commentators were saying everything was fine, explains the bizarre economics behind Ireland's current predicament, and illuminates a radically different path for the country. He illustrates the consequences of debt and austerity on ordinary Irish people.
He explains why austerity can't work, and shows that history offers numerous useful models for Irish recovery - provided we open our eyes to them. The Pope's Children was the book that connected the dots between economics and daily life in the boom years. The Good Room does the same for the Ireland of the bust, and is - in its call for a completely different approach - an even more urgent and necessary work.
