Acknowledgements - Joe Mulholland/Finbarr Bradley: Foreword - Michael Mcloone: Official Opening of 29th Annual Macgill Summer School - Diarmuid Martin: The Ninth Annual John Hume Lecture - How And Why Did It All Go Wrong? - The Banking Crisis, Reform and Regulation - Climbing Out of Recession - The Options? - How to Create the Smart Economy - Need for a National Strategy And Vision - Reform and Competitiveness - Irish Education And The Economy - Energy and the Economy - New Approaches? - The Potential of An All-Island Economy - Lisbon - Implications For Ireland - The Economy, Culture & Creativity - A New Political Landscape? - References.