Are the causes of the poverty that Swift saw in eighteenth-century Ireland similar to some of the economic problems we experience in this country?

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Sebastian

18 May, 20:08

Are the causes of the poverty that Swift saw in eighteenth-century Ireland similar to some of the economic problems we experience in this country?

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Mia Keith · Answer 1

result of the restrictions on trade, imposed on the Irish people by the English men.

Explanation:

Jonathan Swift was an Aglo-irish essayist, who was born in November, 1667. He examined the deplorable lives of the poor Irish people and how they labored to provide for their families. The poor economic situations found in the 1720s was a result of the restrictions on trade, imposed on the Irish people by the English men. The Irish government at that time, could not find solutions to such problems since they were greatly dependent on Great Britain. No other international market had value for their produce and so food and clothes shortages set in, together poor agricultural practices due to the English meddling in their economy.

Any economy in such situation and dependence on another may likely face similar challenges the people of Ireland faced at that time.