Patrick Lynch (economist)

For persons of a similar name, see Patrick Lynch (disambiguation).

Patrick Lynch MRIA (5 May 1917 – 16 November 2001) was an Irish economist. He believed in economic development and the co-ordination of government policy, including fiscal, social[1] and monetary measures to invest in education[2] and joining the European Economic Community. He favoured empirical education economics[3] in Ireland and development economics[4] flowing from investment in science.

He was " ... one of the most respected and influential social and economic thinkers during the critical period of the Sixties, when Ireland's economic foundations were laid."[5]

A professor of Political Economy at University College Dublin until 1980, he was a civil servant for over a decade, served as chairman of Aer Lingus and Aer Rianta and was deputy chairman of AIB Group.

  1. ^ Lynch, Patrick (1994). "Thomas Davis Lecture". In Nevin, Donal (ed.). Trade Union Century. Cork: Mercier Press in association with Radio Telefís Éireann & Irish Congress of Trade Unions. ISBN 1-85635-086-X.
  2. ^ Lynch, Patrick; Vaizey, John (1971). Economics of Education Costing.
  3. ^ Lynch, Patrick (1963). Survey on Long Term Irish Educational Needs. Paris: OECD.
  4. ^ Lynch, Patrick (1968). Science and Irish Economic Development. Paris: OECD.
  5. ^ Fitpatrick, Martin (18 November 2001). "Top Irish economist Patrick Lynch dies". The Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2011.