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Nama-land
- Title
- Nama-land / Frank Connolly.
- Author
- Connolly, Frank
- Publication
- Dublin : Gill Books, [2017]
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-9005 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 303 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The National Asset Management Agency was created in 2009 to help contain the spiraling fallout from Ireland's property crisis. It was to be Ireland's 'bad bank', an impartial agency where depressed assets could be revalued and sold on the highest bidder. Eight years on, the Irish economy is once again beginning to buzz, and NAMA has presided over the transfer of over 70 billion euros in assets. It is regularly touted, by its founders in Leinster House and elsewhere, as a key component in Ireland's recovery. But the basic arithmetic of assets valued and assets sold hides a multitude of sins. Beneath NAMA's veneer of impartiality lies a world built on political patronage and nepotism, rife with conflicts of interest and vulnerable to shocking instances of corruption, where political influence and mismanagement has handed the initiative to a small coterie of international venture capitalists and created a vibrant trade in state secrets. This book unravels the scandal at the heart of NAMA's mission. Based on exclusive interviews with insiders and witnesses to every aspect of the agency's function, this book is the shocking story of how political recklessness conspired to disinherit the Irish people and empower a new global elite.-- Publisher description
- Alternative Title
- Namaland : the inside story of Ireland's property sell-off and the creation of a new elite
- Subject
- National Asset Management Agency
- Government sale of real property > Ireland
- Government sale of real property > Moral and ethical aspects > Ireland
- Banks and banking > State supervision > Ireland
- Banks and banking > State supervision > Moral and ethical aspects > Ireland
- Financial institutions > Ireland
- Financial institutions > Moral and ethical aspects > Ireland
- Political corruption > Ireland
- Corruption > Ireland
- Government sale of real property
- Ireland > Economic conditions > 21st century
- Ireland > Economic policy > 21st century
- Ireland
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Guaranteed Irish -- City of the spire -- Fair game or foul -- Political arrivals -- The vultures circle -- The eagle is landing -- Corporate insiders -- Winner, loser, survivor -- The Titanic quarter -- Checking for leaks -- Letters and defections -- Comforting the afflicted -- The departure lounge -- The clockwork cash machine -- Turning the corner -- Closing the deal -- The three-headed dog -- Of charity and trusts -- The Italian job -- The secret tapes -- Contrasting fortunes -- A jewel in the crown -- The good investor -- The final countdown -- The end game -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9005
- ISBN
- 9780717175475
- 0717175472
- OCLC
- 1023541705
- Author
- Connolly, Frank, author.
- Title
- Nama-land / Frank Connolly.
- Publisher
- Dublin : Gill Books, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Cover Title
- Namaland : the inside story of Ireland's property sell-off and the creation of a new elite
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9005