How we resolve the crisis will shape our legacy.

The weekend protest in Dublin, when an Airbnb office was occupied, was just another symptom of what is a defining moment for this society. How we resolve the crisis, one unacceptable in a society as rich as this, will shape our legacy.

One of the arguments advanced by those who, in old Marxist texts, might be described as controllers of capital, is that we are too wedded to the idea of owning our home, that we should be far more European in outlook.