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Ireland in 1921, 1961, and even in 1981 remained still a traditional, agricultural economy characterized by low level technology with a growing but still incipent industrial sector.  
Ireland in 1921, 1961, and even in 1981 remained still a traditional, agricultural economy characterized by low level technology with a growing but still incipent industrial sector.  


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1) The comparitive advantage strategy:
1) The comparitive advantage strategy:
               This was the first strategy taken by Ireland. It basically depended on market signals to determine resource allocation. It seemed to be the most risk adverse and relied on non-discretionary policymaking. They adopted a low-key strategy.
               This was the first strategy taken by Ireland. It basically depended on market signals to determine resource allocation. It seemed to be the most risk adverse and relied on non-discretionary policymaking. They adopted a low-key strategy.
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Ireland in 1921, 1961, and even in 1981 remained still a traditional, agricultural economy characterized by low level technology with a growing but still incipent industrial sector.

Since independence Ireland took three independent strategies. Each one was created after the previous one failed. . These were: 1)Comparative advantage, 2)economic autarky, and i3)ndustrialization-by-invitation.

1) The comparitive advantage strategy:

              This was the first strategy taken by Ireland. It basically depended on market signals to determine resource allocation. It seemed to be the most risk adverse and relied on non-discretionary policymaking. They adopted a low-key strategy.
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