{"product_id":"good-room","title":"Good Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA forensic, entertaining polemic from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pope's Children.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIreland is deeply in debt, beholden to the IMF, the EU and the bond  markets. Its economy is frozen, and years of austerity are ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt didn't have to be this way - and it doesn't have to be this way. In \u003ci\u003eThe Good Room\u003c\/i\u003e,  David McWilliams, who spotted the dangers of the Irish property  bubble and imbalances within the eurozone at a time when other  commentators were cheerleading the boom, explains the bizarre  economics behind Ireland's current predicament, and illuminates a different path for the country. He illustrates the  consequences of debt and austerity for ordinary Irish people and  explains why austerity can't work. And he shows that history offers  numerous useful models for Irish recovery - provided we open our eyes to  them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomics is about people like you. \u003ci\u003eThe Pope's Children\u003c\/i\u003e was the book that connected the dots between economics and daily life in Ireland during the boom years. \u003ci\u003eThe Good Room\u003c\/i\u003e  does the same for the Ireland of the bust, and is - in its call for a  completely different approach - an even more urgent and necessary work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McWilliams has a great knack for bringing a complex economics story to life. He is also funny. In economics, that's a rare and persuasive combination.' Stephanie Flanders, Irish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gifted and often courageous polemicist who has done more to popularize the debate about economics in Ireland than anyone else' Irish Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McWilliams makes a compelling argument for the need for a different approach to Irish and European economic management ... [A] realistic, pragmatic call for innovative policies that take account of proven economic theory' Sunday Business Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid McWilliams is Ireland's leading popular economist, and a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Pope's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Generation Game\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFollow the Money\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251299799384,"sku":"9780241956205","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241956205_9212fd73-bbf3-4a21-a692-b46a098da24e.jpg?v=1764666035","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/good-room","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}