Judy Osborne – Ethical Economics Books and Research https://ethicaleconomicsbooks.com Ethical Economics Local and Global Books and Resources for analysing ethics in the economy Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:26:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 The Fair Tax https://ethicaleconomicsbooks.com/product/the-fair-tax/ Sat, 20 May 2023 11:01:25 +0000 https://ethicaleconomicsbooks.com/?post_type=product&p=634 The tax regime in Ireland, Colm McCarthy points out in his Preface, has been very favourable to property owners, but especially to developers who, together with their banks, took maximum advantage. It fuelled the disastrous property boom with the huge development-site debts racked up by a handful of avaricious developers, and led directly to the Irish state having to shore up the collapsing banks.

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