Economists and market-conforming reform -- The new economics and politics of taxation -- New Zealand : plotting a market-oriented revolution -- Ireland : populist politics in a generalist system -- Norway : economic experts in the social-democratic state -- Denmark : equality before efficiency,...

Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Reform from Above -- Stolypin: the Man behind the Reforms -- This Book's Goals -- Chapter 1 - Creating Private Property, Dispersing Power -- The Gist of the Reforms --...

Countries can make a clean exit from financial assistance, or enter a new programme or a precautionary programme, depending on the sustainability of their public debt and their vulnerability to shocks. Ireland made a clean exit in December 2013, supported by significant budgetary and...