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This contribution provides an overview of Irish economic thought from the 17th to the late 20 century. Broadly speaking, the pioneering contributions of the 17th and 18th centuries were concerned with the issue of improvement or economic development. The 19th century saw the formal institutionalization of political economy in Ireland and seminal contributions to value, distribution, and international trade theory in addition to work on public finance and methodology. The achievement of independence in the 20th century led to new concerns with development and policy experiments aimed at promoting lasting growth.
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Boylan, T., Prendergast, R. (2018). Ireland, Economics in. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_2433
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