Once upon a time, Danny McCoy was a full-time economist. And a prominent one. He worked with the ESRI, and he worked with the Central Bank. He also worked as chief economist with Ibec before becoming chief executive of the business representative lobby group back in 2009. He has also been a consultant to the European Commission, served as a non-executive director to semi-state companies, and has held lecturing posts at University College London, University of Oxford, Trinity College Dublin, and Dublin City University. However, as our interview draws to a close, I am more interested in the roles he…