Ireland, the "Celtic tiger": Model or warning for a growing Europe?

Ireland, at the periphery of Europe, has undergone a spectacular catching-up process. However, according to Dr. Michael Dauderstädt, head of the International Policy Analysis Department at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bonn, this success has come at the expense of its international partners and its own workforce. Consequently, the EU, instead of criticising the Irish inflation rate and fiscal policy, should insist on change in the corporation and profit taxes and on a better distribution of the new wealth and should end EU assistance for Ireland.