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Emigration as Remedy in Ireland’s Land Crisis
The piece argues landlords lavishly spent profits onto tenants leading to mortgage spirals and ruin. It condemns stewards and punitive rents, links famine to mismanagement, and favors capital investment and emigration to America or Australia. It claims emigration would raise overall happiness by freeing Ireland from oppressive public opinion and stagnation.
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