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Episode 28 is a ramble in the economic forests with Patrick Collins: Ireland being the richest member state of the Europe Union; tax avoidance; dodgy.

28. Dr. Patrick Collins: Associate Professor In Economic Geography

15 February 2024

About This Episode

Episode 28 is a ramble in the economic forests with Patrick Collins: Ireland being the richest member state of the Europe Union; tax avoidance; dodgy metrics; gross domestic product vs gross national product; Apple vs. Italy; Davos vs. Oxfam; neoliberal economics; Francois Holland; Adam Smith; Thatcherism; market dominance and moligopolies; the environment; the breakdown in trust for key institutions of democracy and the exponential rise of corporations; living wage; Yanis Varoufakis; dignity; teleological notions.

Dr Patrick Collins

Dr Patrick Collins is an academic specialising in economic geography.

His research focuses on regional development, spatial planning, and economic policy.

Links

https://www.orpenpress.com/books/galway-making-a-capital-of-culture/ https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/geography-and-archaeology/pcollins/ https://www.urbanlabgalway.com/

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