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He did more or less double the national debt. He also managed to rape the capital budget to stuff money into the current budget in order to paper over the cracks.While the national debt did increase under Fitzgerald's Government, you could equally argue that Garrett's government was the first to apply the break after the appalling economic policies of Lynch and Haughe
Very true!People forget how close we came to having the IMF come in and run things
Are you sure it was that low?when he came to power in Nov 1982, inflation was roughtly 20%, but the time he left office in Feb 1987, it was 3%.
He tried to 'till trickey Dickey pulled the rug out from under him.You could even argue that his government took the stumbling first steps to economic recovery
I agree with you there.Finally, I thought the Anglo Irish agreement, was a pretty useful piece of work. Not an end in itself, but perhaps more a means to an end.
Are you sure it was that low?
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