Fiscal policy and demand management in Ireland 1960-70

Abstract

This paper discusses fiscal policy and the management of the Irish economy during the years 1960-70. The role of fiscal policy in demand management, as most economists would probably nowadays see it, is described in Section I. In Section II, the annual current and capital budgets for the years 1960-70 are examined. In discussing the annual budgets, the emphasis is on their role and relevance as seen by the successive Ministers for Finance who introduced them. In Section III, the main conclusions are summarised.