The Pope's Children is a Brilliant Discussion of How Economic Success Has Changed...

The Pope's Children is a Brilliant Discussion of How Economic Success Has Changed Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89802) has announced the
addition of "The Pope's Children: The Irish Economic Triumph and the
Rise of Ireland's New Elite" to their offering.

The Pope's Children is the story of the Irish baby boom that began
in the early 1970s and peaked in June of 1980, nine months to the day
that Pope John Paul II visited Dublin. This was the impetus behind
Ireland's astonishing economic growth. A brilliant discussion of how
economic success has changed Ireland, the book describes how Ireland's
newfound prosperity has unleashed a variety of forces that are
changing the landscape of the country and the way people live.
McWilliams attributes most of Ireland's economic success to its
membership in the European Union, conversion to the Euro, and the
widespread availability of credit.

But while McWilliams is an economist, The Popes Children is far
more than a dry economic analysis; instead, it is largely an
examination of how prosperity has changed Ireland, Irish culture, and
the way people live. Entertaining and irreverent, McWilliams' The
Popes Children is at once a celebration of Irelands success and a
satirical look at Irelands most prosperous (and, in McWilliams' view,
hedonistic and decadent) generation in history. McWilliams invents a
variety of colourful terms to describe contemporary Ireland. There's
Wonderbra Economics, which is a term for how prosperity has pushed the
social classes together, and, at the same time, lifted them to higher
living standards. There's Deckland, which describes the suburban,
materialistic state-of-mind that has taken hold around Ireland's major
cities. There's the Expectocracy, the newly optimistic Irish who are
massive borrowers, in part, because they believe in their collective
economic futures.

More bitingly, McWilliams describes various social types in the
new Ireland such as RoboPaddies (real estate speculators); Hiberian
Cosmopolitans (who are afraid Ireland is losing its cultural soul) and
the Carrot Juice Contrarians (anti-business, anti-globalization
leftists who believe Ireland is on a path to destruction). Together,
McWilliams paints a vivid picture of contemporary Ireland and how the
Irish baby boomers of the 1970s (a generation that peaked nine months
to the day after Pope John Paul's visit to Ireland) are dealing with
their new-found wealth.

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Preface to the North American Edition.
Acknowledgements.
Part I. Where Are We Now And How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 1. Full-On Nation.
Chapter 2. The Great Blurring.
Chapter 3. The Pope's Children.
Chapter 4. The Kells Angels.
Chapter 5. The Expectocracy.
Chapter 6. Property Porn.
Chapter 7. Vorsprung Durch Kredit.
Chapter 8. RoboPaddy.
Chapter 9. The Protestant Catholics.
Chapter 10. The Economics of Envy.
Part II. Two Tribes: The Decklanders And The Hicos.
Chapter 11. Intermezzo.
Chapter 12. Deckland A State of Mind.
Chapter 13. Deckland Awakes.
Chapter 14. Destiny's Child in Deckland.
Chapter 15. Deckland Dines Out.
Chapter 16. Seducing Breakfast Roll Man.
Chapter 17. Opposition to Deckland.
Chapter 18. The HiCo Emerges.
Chapter 19. The New Elite.
Chapter 20. The Early Years Gaelscoileanna.
Chapter 21. HiCo Habits.
Chapter 22. How to Spot a HiCo.
Chapter 23. HiCos Dine In.
Chapter 24. The Returned HiCo.
Notes.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
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