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Ireland is around 4 million people and in the 80s was an incredibly poor country with little industry. Now it is building a large services economy and is a busi
by easytiger 9y ago
Ireland is around 4 million people and in the 80s was an incredibly poor country with little industry. Now it is building a large services economy and is a business destination. Thanks to the tax policies implemented in the early 1990s. Without those, the jobs and net population decline would have continued faster than it is now.
- saiya-jin 9y agoso what? we have to accept immoral any possibly illegal tax evasion schemes impacting negatively half a billion of wealthy population so that tiny country can have its artificial growth? with same logic you guys can start manufacturing weapons and land mines, it seems like a good way to earn some dough in current times
- oblio 9y agoOk... and when does it stop? Ireland now has one of the highest GNIs per capita in the EU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GNI_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu... How long does the "poor, old me" thing apply?
- easytiger 9y agoThey also have one of the largest national debt per capita statistics.