The IMF’s African Solution for Ireland
Jan 3rd, 2012 | By Ian Poulton | Category: IrelandA Happy New Year?
Harry McGee’s report in the Irish Times suggests the one to come will be worse than the one past. The economic programme, to which Ireland has been subjected in order that it may pay for the speculative losses of a small elite, is to worsen. Further tax rises, spending cuts and attacks on the vulnerable are part of the IMF programme for Ireland, and if anyone thinks this bodes well, the experience of Africa in the 1980s and 1990s is a salutary tale.
Richard Dowden, Director …