Socialism for the Rich: Investigating Groupthink in the Irish Elites’ Decision to Guarantee the Banks in 2008

• In Event: Interests, Bureaucrats, and European Policymaking

Brief Overview

We examine of how a group of the elite - politicians, advisers, civil servants and bankers made a decision on 29 September 2008 that transferred vast public wealth to private businesses and endangered the liquidity/sovereignty of the state.

Authors

• John Hogan, Technological University Dublin

• Sharon Mary Feeney, Technological University Dublin

• Brendan K. O'Rourke, Technological University Dublin