How the Ship of Fools was ship-wrecked – the Irish crisis and response

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How the Ship of Fools was ship-wrecked – the Irish crisis and response. / Smyth, Stewart.

In: Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2011.

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Smyth, S 2011, 'How the Ship of Fools was ship-wrecked – the Irish crisis and response', Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, vol. 10, no. 1.

APA

Smyth, S. (2011). How the Ship of Fools was ship-wrecked – the Irish crisis and response. Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 10(1).

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Smyth S. How the Ship of Fools was ship-wrecked – the Irish crisis and response. Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services. 2011;10(1).

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Smyth, Stewart. / How the Ship of Fools was ship-wrecked – the Irish crisis and response. In: Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services. 2011 ; Vol. 10, No. 1.

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