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2023-09-06 12:13:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8C48BC2C77FC61DC6DFEF8F8A70C1BCD4587A520A6D1FC7A2C1835E66BD8AC56
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Irish GDP growth rates are exaggerated by profits from multinational corporations that base themselves in Ireland for tax purposes, making GDP per capita a bad measure of living standards in Ireland. Actual Individual Consumption in Ireland is still lower than in the UK. https://www.centralbank.ie/docs/default-source/publications/economic-letters/vol-2021-no-1-is-ireland-really-the-most-prosperous-country-in-europe.pdf
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