Comments on: IRELAND 1931: ONE OF THE MORE OPEN ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD http://dublinopinion.com/2010/09/30/ireland-1931-one-of-the-most-open-economies-in-the-world/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 24 May 2012 15:46:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2010/09/30/ireland-1931-one-of-the-most-open-economies-in-the-world/#comment-74817 Conor McCabe Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:23:34 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/09/30/ireland-1931-one-of-the-most-open-economies-in-the-world/#comment-74817 It is generally accepted by historians that the introduction of tariffs began with the Cosgrave government, because that is what happened. It is intensified by De Valera's government but on non-exporting goods. It is generally accepted by historians that the introduction of tariffs began with the Cosgrave government, because that is what happened. It is intensified by De Valera’s government but on non-exporting goods.

]]> By: M.B. Drapier http://dublinopinion.com/2010/09/30/ireland-1931-one-of-the-most-open-economies-in-the-world/#comment-74815 M.B. Drapier Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:40:46 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2010/09/30/ireland-1931-one-of-the-most-open-economies-in-the-world/#comment-74815 <blockquote>Ireland has always exported. It has always been an open economy. [...] It is my feeling that the analysis which puts forward Ireland as a closed, subsistence economy until Whittaker and Lemass show up is dominant because it allows right-wingers make out that free trade saved Ireland from itself</blockquote> AFAIK it has always been the generally accepted analysis, by right-wingers and everyone else, that the Cosgrave government followed a free-trade policy, which was replaced by autarky and protectionism after de Valera's Fianna Fáil gained power, in 1932.

Ireland has always exported. It has always been an open economy. […] It is my feeling that the analysis which puts forward Ireland as a closed, subsistence economy until Whittaker and Lemass show up is dominant because it allows right-wingers make out that free trade saved Ireland from itself

AFAIK it has always been the generally accepted analysis, by right-wingers and everyone else, that the Cosgrave government followed a free-trade policy, which was replaced by autarky and protectionism after de Valera’s Fianna Fáil gained power, in 1932.

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