Crotty, Raymond (1925-1994)--DB5212

Crotty, Raymond (1925-1994)--DB5212

Biographical Notes

Date of birth and date of death

22.01.1925-01.01.1994

Maiden name, place of origin

Parliament Street, Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny

Marital status, religious denomination, children

Married to Bridget Kirwan; Catholic; 7 Children, 3 Sons and 4 Daughters

Social background, family connections

Son of a baker and shopkeeper; Nephew of James Crotty, judge, Dr Martin Crotty, state solicitor, Paddy Crotty, Fine Gael TD; Son-in-law of John Kirwan, racehorse trainer and hunstman; Brother-in-law of Gibbons, Michael--DB5046

Education, occupation and public functions

Education

St Kieran's College, Kilkenny; Albert Agricultural College, Glasnevin; London University, Bachelor of Economic Science, by correspondence; London School of Economics, Masters in Economics

Occupation

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association: Economic consultant 1961-; Trinity College Dublin: Lecturer in the statistics department 1982-; World Bank: Economic consultant; International Monetary Fund: Economic consultant; United Nations: Economic consultant; Commission of the Andean Pact: Economic consultant; UK Overseas Development Agency: Advising economist, Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture; University of Wales, Aberystwyth: Lecturer in agricultural economics; Farmer 1946-1959

Functions in agricultural institutions

Functions in other institutions

Political activities

Short Biography

Raymond Crotty was a radical agricultural economist who addressed himself to examining the problems associated with making farming financially viable, especially in Ireland and the developing world. His central thesis regarding Irish agricultural policy, as expounded in his landmark 1966 book Irish Agricultural Production: Its Volume and Structure was that it favoured the inefficient farmer rather than the efficient farmer because it emphasised maximising profits instead of minimising inputs. Crotty's belief that the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Economic Community advantaged larger farmers led him to oppose European integration and it confirmed him in his conviction that national governments, alone, should pursue unorthodox agricultural economic policies such as taxing landholdings by size. The argument that Irish and European agricultural policy did not benefit all Irish farmers and reward efficiency is open to question, particularly in light of the progress that has been made in the development of rural Ireland since the 1970s.

Author: Mícheál O Fathartaigh

References

Own publications

  • When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism, Walnut Creek, CA, 2001
  • Maastrict: Time to Say No, Dublin 1992
  • Japan and Ireland: A Comparative Study, Tokyo 1991
  • Farming Collapse: National Opportunity, Dublin 1990
  • A Radical's Response, Dublin 1988
  • Ireland in Crisis: A Study in Capitalist Colonial Undevelopment, Dingle 1986
  • The Irish Land Question and Sectarian Violence, Ilford 1981
  • Cattle, Economics and Development, Slough 1980
  • The Cattle Crisis and the Small Farmer, Dublin 1974
  • Irish Agriculture and the Common Market: The Consequences and the Alternatives, Dublin 1971
  • Ireland and the Common Market: An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Membership, Dublin 1971
  • Agriculture in the Expanding Economy, Limerick 1969
  • Irish Agricultural Production: Its Volume and Structure, Cork 1966
  • Irish Agriculture and the European Economic Community, Limerick 1962

Sources

  • Healy, Sean and Louis P. F. Smith, Farm Organisations in Ireland, Dublin 1996
  • O Fathartaigh, Mícheál, Developing Rural Ireland: A History of the Irish Agricultural Advisory Services, Dublin 2021
  • Rouse, Paul, Raymond Dominick Crotty, Dictionary of Irish Biography Online

Keywords

Irlande

Crotty, Raymond (1925-1994)--DB5212

Mícheál O, Crotty, Raymond (1925-1994)--DB5212 .