Feb. 29, Michael L. Davis, economics professor at the Cox School of Business, SMU Dallas, for a commentary about the governing successes of the late Irish Prime Minister John Bruton. Published in the Chicago Tribune under the heading John Bruton’s Ireland demonstrated how government can promote peace and prosperity: https://tinyurl.com/42k8kaxw
You probably didn’t get up really early on Feb. 10 to watch the livestream from Ireland of John Bruton’s funeral. You may not even know about Bruton, who served as Ireland’s prime minister from 1994 to 1997. That’s understandable. There’s a lot going in the world right now, Ireland is a small place and the 1990s were a long time ago.
But small countries can be important countries. And events 30 years ago still resonate today,
So let me tell you a bit more about Bruton. Not so much to celebrate Bruton — although, by most accounts, he was an admirable man who transcended politics — but what we can learn about how he influenced history.