This conference draws together leading international scholars to explore the experiences of Denmark and Ireland, two of Europe's most successful small open economies - albeit with very different definitions of success. The conference also presents some key findings of the comparative research of the New Deals in the New Economy project, directed by Seán Ó Riain and funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant, 2012-2017.
Denmark and Ireland both followed austerity in the late 1980s with "employment miracles" in the 1990s, while each became increasingly financialised in the 2000s, with Ireland in particular suffering a severe crisis after 2008. Both countries continue to move towards a post industrial trading economy, but face significant challenges. Nonetheless, each potentially offers a different path to the future, whether understood as coordinated versus market driven, social democratic versus liberal, hybrid or other forms of economy.
This conference is brought to you by New Deals in the New Economy Project, MUSSI and the Department of Sociology, Maynooth University
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