This series of works on the state of the Irish economy culminated in A Modest Proposal(1729). Incidentally,he also found time to write that masterpiece of satire,Gulliver's Travels (1726)❖ This series of works on the state of the Irish economy culminated in A Modest Proposal (1729). ❖ Incidentally, he also found time to write that masterpiece of satire, Gulliver's Travels (1726)