What if Ireland Defaults?
About this ebook
Ireland's financial crisis and the good and bad of default are discussed from the perspectives of different stakeholders and commentators, such as a market participant, a mortgage broker, an IMF economist, a politician and a financial journalist, as well as a number of eminent Irish and international economists and commentators.
Contributors include:
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitzeconomists Constantin Gurdgiev, Megan Greene and Stephen KinsellaPeter Mathews TDSenator Sean Barrettbusinessman and political activist Declan Ganleypolitics lecturer and journalist Elaine ByrneSam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent for the New York TimesHuginn Thorsteinsson, philosopher and adviser to the Icelandic Minister of Economic Affairs and the Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and AgricultureJohn Walsh, editor of Business & FinancePeter Brown, director of the Irish Institute of Financial TradingKarl Deeter, director of Irish Mortgage BrokersWritten with the interested general public in mind, the book is unique in its treatment of the theme of default from many different angles.
About the editors
Brian Lucey is a Professor of Finance in Trinity College Dublin and a columnist with the Irish Examiner. Constantin Gurdgiev is Adjunct Professor at the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin and an international newspaper columnist. Charles Larkin is research associate in the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin.
"The book is an excellent read – It needs to be read by our politicians and higher public servants. For the rest of us, it's an excellent way to get up the learning curve."
John Finn, Irish Examiner, 9 April 2012
About the author
Brian Lucey is a Professor of Finance in Trinity College Dublin and a columnist with the Irish Examiner. Constantin Gurdgiev is Adjunct Professor at the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin and an international newspaper columnist. Charles Larkin is research associate in the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin.
