Ireland: The Celtic Tiger Reborn?
The panel will discuss Ireland’s outlook as it faces major challenges ahead, in achieving a sustained economic recovery while maintaining financial stability.
Overview
Following an extraordinary period of economic growth, by the middle of the past decade, as income per capita surpassed the EU average by 50 percent, Ireland was widely acclaimed as the Celtic Tiger. However, beginning in 2008, the Irish economy experienced a severe economic and financial collapse. This required a painful adjustment, supported by a major international rescue effort, which was completed successfully. Against this background, the panel will discuss Ireland’s outlook as it faces major challenges ahead, in achieving a sustained economic recovery while maintaining financial stability.
Speakers
Anne Anderson
Donal Donovan
George Kopits
Member, Public Finance Council, Portugal, and Visiting Professor, Central European University
David J. Lynch
Global economics correspondent, The Washington Post
Andrew Selee
President, Migration Policy Institute
Hosted By
Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program addresses vital issues affecting the European continent, US-European relations, and Europe’s ties with the rest of the world. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues: digital transformation, climate, migration, global governance. We also examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our program activities cover a wide range of topics, from the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE to European energy security, trade disputes, challenges to democracy, and counter-terrorism. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more
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