{"product_id":"shepherds-pie-george-mordaunt-9781856358446","title":"Shepherd's Pie: Family Business, Recession \u0026 Recovery: The Real Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the first time since the Irish financial meltdown comes a book not from an economist or a journalist but from a self-employed Irishman who found himself in the eye of the storm. Ireland is insolvent because of mismanagement, corruption and greed. We have been bombarded with and infuriated by reports of self-serving bankers, developers and government ministers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo date, the general public has not had an account of the devastating effect of this crisis on Irish-owned businesses as it tries to pick up the pieces. Irish businesses are trying to cope with insolvency, arrears, and liquidation - the rate of suicide among the self-employed in Ireland has trebled in the last three years. George Mordaunt believes that many Irish businesses are now dysfunctional not because of the recession but because of the reaction of business owners to the recession - and specifically, their reaction to their banks. With raw honesty, he outlines the effect this reaction has had on himself, his young family, his marriage and his business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe shares his most private moments of despair and fear yet demonstrates how business owners can salvage their businesses and that we now have a core responsibility to get back to basics at all levels of Irish life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Mordaunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1856358445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856358446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.40w x 0.64d","brand":"George Mordaunt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519556497663,"sku":"9781856358446","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7cadfa8-0300-46ad-a68d-778067c9bd5e.jpg?v=1778737737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shepherds-pie-george-mordaunt-9781856358446","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}