The fall of the Celtic Tiger :  Ireland and the Euro debt crisis / 
Donal Donovan and Antoin E. Murphy. 
 - 1st. ed. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2013. 
 - xx, 318 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- 1. The Rise of the Celtic Tiger PART II: THE LURE OF FREE MARKETS -- 2. Ideology and Financial Innovation -- 3. Asset Bubbles and Financial Crises -- PART III: THE BUILD UP TO THE IRISH CRISIS -- 4. The Banks and the Property Bubble -- 5. The Failure of Irish and European Regulation -- 6. The Makings of the Fiscal Crisis -- 7. The Climate of Public Opinion: Politicians, Economists, and the Media -- PART IV: THE CRASH -- The Storm Clouds Gather -- 9. The Bank Guarantee of End: September 2008 -- 10. From the Guarantee to the Bail Out -- PART V: AFTER THE CRASH -- 11. What of the Future? -- 12. Conclusions. 
<br/><br/> Examines how the Celtic Tiger, an economy that was hailed as one of the most successful in history, fell into a macroeconomic abyss necessitating an unheard of bail-out. It covers property market bubbles, regulatory incompetency, and disastrous economic policies. A highly readable account of the unprecedented near collapse of the Irish economy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199663958  0199663955  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Debts, Public--Ireland.<br/>Financial crises--Ireland--21st century.<br/>Financial crises--European Union countries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ireland--Economic conditions--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.941 DON