Non-sensational view of our economic woes

MANY of our so-called economists are also journalists, so we are attracted by the sensationalism of their articles thereby justifying their fees.

The greater the sensation, the bigger the number of readers or listeners. Recently, Dan O’Brien, an economist based in Brussels, spoke as part of a panel of experts and certainly put some of our sensationalist ‘economists’ back in their boxes.

He simply reminded them that our bank, unemployment and public finances are worldwide issues — not just Irish.