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2023-09-05 20:18:36 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FFFD9C3BC7BB3A78D72C67E34A7BDEFAAFFC485AAE049D787147E5A5631E173C
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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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