Economics, markets and morality – why the failure of the potato was only one cause of the Famine

Economics, markets and morality – why the failure of the potato was only one cause of the Famine

‘Blame matters,” writes Padraic X Scanlan in his new book, Rot: A History of the Irish Famine. “The suffering of so many people, subjects of what was certainly the most powerful country on earth at the time, calls out for moral judgment.”