Wasters

by Shane Ross, Nick Webb, Nick E Webb

Book Overview

During the years when all seemed well with the Irish economy, a scandal bloomed in front of our faces but went mostly unnoticed: the scandal of public waste. Vast overspending on infrastructure (including a number of white elephants), extravagant use of overpriced consultants, the creation of dozens of quangos whose primary purpose seemed to be jobs for the boys, the culture of junketry that took hold in the semi-state sector and the Oireachtas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141399627
• ISBN13: 9780141399621
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"