Eamonn Fingleton
Eamonn Fingleton is an Irish financial journalist and author.
He is a critic of financialisation, arguing that there is no substitute for advanced manufacturing industries as the main pillar of an advanced economy.
His second US-published book, In Praise of Hard Industries: Why Manufacturing, Not the Information Economy, Is the Key to Future Prosperity, published in 1999, took a contrarian stance on the New Economy.
Books
- In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony. St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books.
- In Praise of Hard Industries: Why Manufacturing, Not the Information Economy, Is the Key to Future Prosperity. Houghton Mifflin.
- Blindside: Why Japan Is Still on Track to Overtake the US By the Year 2000. Houghton Mifflin.