The economics of the madhouse

By eirigi

Introducing the catastrophic 400 billion euro blanket bank guarantee scheme in September 2008, Twenty-Six County finance minister Brian Lenihan was keen to offer reassurance to those genuinely fearful of the consequences of such economic recklessness.

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