Someone has just shown me a leaflet distributed by Sinn Fein promoting the case for a No
vote on the Fiscal Compact treaty. The back page contains quotes titled "What the Experts
Said".
One of the quotes is from me. It says:
the economics of this treaty are pretty terrible
Did I say that? Well, yes, I uttered those words at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee
on European Affairs. Here's what I said without the dots
All that said, although I think the economics of this treaty are pretty
terrible, on balance, the arguments favour Ireland's signing up to it.
The two other economists quoted are Colm ("Voting No is a Leap in the Dark that We
Can't Afford") McCarthy and Seamus (there is little to be gained from rejecting the Treatyu)
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