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US Big Tech Companies’s Complicated Role in Ireland’s Booming Economy
Google’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images Ireland, despite its small land size and population, is among the wealthiest countries in the world. The island nation boasted a GDP per capita of $104,270 in …