Policymakers here are right to anticipate a slowing FDI pipeline and so must set budgets accordingly
when protectionism rises up in the US, it can slash the size of the FDI pie that Ireland and others partake in
There’s something I don’t get about the story of Ireland’s economic history. Why were we so poor for so long? The early years of the Irish State have an obvious story. Protectionism.
We were embroiled in an economic war with our nearest neighbour amid an era where tariffs were considered normal economic policy. We also adopted laws against foreign ownership of firms.