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Published by Glendale Press, Dublin 1990.
The Irish economy in the mid 1950's was blighted by mass emigration and declining youth population, little investment, poverty and low living standards. The publication in 1958 of 'Economic Development and the first Programme of Economic Development' heralded a period of unprecedented economic development. Central to that turnaround was the secretary of the Department of Finance, T.K Whitaker Aware of economic planning abroad, and saddened by stagnation at home, he accepted the challenge, sold the idea, carried out the initial research recruited and motivated the team of experts, and drafted and produced the most influential and far reaching document in Irish economic history.
