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The David McWilliams Podcast
The aim of this weekly podcast is to make economics easy, uncomplicated and accessible. With the world at a political, technological and financial tipping point, economics has never been so important to all of us and yet, it’s made inaccessible and complicated by so many.I’ve always thought what is complicated is rarely important and what is important is rarely complicated.That will be our motto.Every week we are going to tease out some big economic or political issue facing us, not just here…
Episodes
The David McWilliams PodcastThe end of the car park
Not all ideas are timeless - this week we look at how we can take dead space and turn it into living spaces through economic incentives Hosted on Acast. See…
The David McWilliams Podcast"Hand of pod" - The Maradona Generation
We go to Argentina to gauge the reaction to the death of the Diego. Plus we explore with the former economics minister of Argentina, Martin Lousteau, what went…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe World in 2021
On Thanksgiving, with the Dow hitting 30,000 and Janet Yellan taking over at the US Treasury, we examine the short and medium terms health of the US economy…
The David McWilliams Podcastthe fallout from COVID
There’s light at the end of the tunnel - for the first time it seems that people are starting to see the end of this mess. As we look to the return of some…
The David McWilliams PodcastShow me the money
Optics and execution are two profoundly different things. All over the world politicians talk and entrepreneurs walk. Small businesses have been promised help…
The David McWilliams Podcast“Don’t cry for me Great-Brit-Annia” - to be sung imagining Boris Johnson channelling his inner Elaine Page
“Is Boris Johnson England’s Eva Peron? All through my wild days, my mad existence…..and all that stuff, anyway we get to this point following an amazing…
The David McWilliams PodcastLets talk about unemployment
Behind every statistic is a person and a family. As unemployment sky-rockets, we need to put employment front and centre for the economy in 2021. We look a…
The David McWilliams PodcastOutside it’s America!
What Joe Biden’s victory means and what it does not. We examine the US economy with a former US cabinet member and Chairman of the Council of Economic…
The David McWilliams PodcastOrange is the new Red
Biden just about, but Orange is the new Red. The Trump family business has taken over the GOP. What does this mean? Why the Democrats need to find their inner…
The David McWilliams PodcastA Good Day to hide Bad News!
We’re avoiding America, (well mostly) today as we can’t add much more. We’re going all Covid. There might not be a right answer for how to tackle the pandemic…
The David McWilliams PodcastMarket & Politics - Why Who Wins Matters & Why It Doesn’t
In this special episode, we look at the relationship between politics and money through the lens of the US elections. We try to make sense of what you should…
The David McWilliams PodcastSkin in the Game
3 Mile Pubs, why public servants don’t get business, why cashflow is King, the Grantocracy, Hydraulic economics, and what Flann O’ Brien had to say about PhDs…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe Funeral of Austerity & the Return of Brexit, plus when an Opel Jersey walked into the Tate Gallery!
This was the week austerity died. We explore the timely end of a bad idea and look forward to a new era for economics. Plus what the Modh Coinníollach tells us…
The David McWilliams PodcastA gem of a Letter from America with the brilliant Tom Frank
Why dereliction is vandalism in Ireland and then off to Kansas with the author of NYT’s mega best-seller, “What’s the Matter with Kansas”, American journalist…
The David McWilliams PodcastHow will Trump getting Covid affect the campaign, and why Ireland’s youth should determine the budget.
The legend that is Professor Bill Black on the USA. This is the man who put more white collar criminals behind bars than any other. He’s an economist, lawyer…
The David McWilliams PodcastEconomics at a tipping point
Economics is at a tipping point, as we lockdown again, how can we remain solvent, avoid national and international bankruptcy and deploy all the possible…
The David McWilliams PodcastHow the UK breaks up….lessons from the Balkans, plus Trump’s possible road to victory
It’s been a monumental week - with the help of American policy analyst Pippa Malmgren - we look at what might be the unintended consequences of Boris Johnson’s…
The David McWilliams PodcastBack to Brexit
Once again the British government uses Ireland as a hostage in its Brexit theatre with the EU. The record is on repeat. Brexit has now returned and this time…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe American divide and the Vaticanization of the ECB
Less than 2 months away from what will inevitably be a historic election we take a look at the American landscape - how we got there and what might happen…
The David McWilliams PodcastCryptocurrency & the future of money
This week we tackle one of the most requested topics: Cryptocurrency. We’re going to try and explain what Bitcoin is, where it came from and what it might mean…
The David McWilliams PodcastHow history shapes current policies
This week we ignore the political shenanigans in Ireland (as it’s so pathetic) and look at what we can learn from ancient Mesopotamia and its approach to…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe 15 minute city
Cities are at a crossroads. The decisions we take now will dictate a new urban future. The office as we know it is over and its main enemy is not COVID, it’s…
The David McWilliams PodcastAngrynomics - Why its okay to be mad about the current economic crisis and what we can do about it
This week we talk with two brilliant economists Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan on this fantastic new book - Angrynomics. We analyze why people are angry, how…
The David McWilliams PodcastHow bonds not bombs liberated Ireland
This week we mark the death of John Hume, a great Irish patriot. We explore one of his unheralded achievements, the Credit Unions and how these small…
The David McWilliams PodcastLiving in interesting times and how best to think of it
Four massive economic changes are going on right now under our noses, yet we are unaware of their magnitude because we increasingly value short-term thinking…
The David McWilliams PodcastTaxes, urine & wealth creation
This week we take a rather unconventional look at the Apple ruling - taking the time to look at the many ways that countries around the world have created…
The David McWilliams PodcastFrom "the craic economy" to the annexation of the West Bank
Another week, another episode where we look at the world and try to make sense of it. This week we explore how language evolves, the idea of "the craic…
The David McWilliams PodcastBlack Swans & Black lists
This week we explore black swans and black lists. First, we explain why the economy behaves more like a complex adaptive system rather than a giant machine…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe enormous potential of free money and the illusion of a V shaped recovery
How the ECB is turning into the Fed. What Austria issuing a 100 year bond means for Irish economy policy. Why a new EU philosophy is changing the rules of the…
The David McWilliams PodcastAddressing generational wealth inequality
This week we talk about the youth & money - because if you lose the youth, you lose the future - something our new government doesn’t seem to be giving much…
The David McWilliams PodcastSkin deep
This week we discuss options for a New Ireland, building sovereign wealth finders to underwrite a start up nation and why the evolutionary battle between two…
The David McWilliams PodcastTribal voices
Dispatches from a Pulitzer Prize winner on the LA frontline, why the 1980s ain’t coming back, who are ’The Jews who Booze”, why networks matter more than guns…
The David McWilliams PodcastAmerica burns, Ireland’s potential reset and the end of Fianna Fáil?
When Rappers deploy the language of Presidents and Presidents deploy the language of Rappers, you know America is in trouble. Plus, why commercial property is…
The David McWilliams PodcastUnconventional thinking: its enemies & why it is important
While it seems that the peak of the cases are now behind us we’re still facing its economic repercussions. The Pandession is here. This week we talk about the…
The David McWilliams PodcastWe are living through a Pandession
Language is important, in fact its is essential. If you can’t describe it, you don’t understand it. So, today we coin the expression a “Pandession” - a…
The David McWilliams PodcastLeaving Cert - the Irish equivalent of national service. Covid in the Caribbeans & what Judy Garland tells you about monetary economics.
From Leaving Cert cancellation to understanding the impact of COVID 19 in other countries and wrapping things up by reframing what you thought about the Wizard…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe extreme urgency of now
This week, why Corona will spark huge changes in economic thinking. We explore the coming a revolution in monetary economics with the woman who may well be the…
The David McWilliams PodcastWhy economics is not a cult, negative oil prices, Newcastle United, Altar boys, America’s reckoning and gay hit men! Whats not to love?
This week we cover a wide array of subjects: from new Irish government to possible recession fixes (no disinfectant involved) and then talking to Frank Kane to…
The David McWilliams PodcastWhat’s Next? Lessons from the Great Depression, avoiding bad economics, reading the markets’ tea leaves & the youth surge.
These are the times when change happens - not incremental change, drastic changes - the type that can completely change the face of a nation. In this week’s…
The David McWilliams PodcastWhat’s Next? The frugal four, antibody testing and post-COVID changes
It’s been another packed week. On this week’s episode we talk about what’s next for the economy, we talk to Prof Luke O’Neill on the next science steps, and…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe Anatomy of a Pandemic
This week we explore what’s happening in Ireland and Europe’s crucial reaction, plus we focus on the catastrophe enveloping the developing world. We explore…
The David McWilliams PodcastMacroeconomics for a Globalized World
Now that we all have more time on our hands, why not use this time to learn economics? I've devised a new macro economics course based largely on the course I…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe economics of the possible
We are looking at the complete rethinking of economics. So much is possible, from mortgage rates plummeting here immediately, to ensuring that taxes never have…
The David McWilliams PodcastBeyond money - Why livelihoods matter most
Capitalism as we know it has been suspended. The most important thing now is to minimize unemployment and see beyond the crisis. Unemployment isn’t just…
The David McWilliams PodcastLockdown, Herd immunity & helicopter money
Happy St Patrick's Day. The strangest, most eerie one I've ever experienced. Make no mistake about it, this Coronavirus will change our world profoundly…
The David McWilliams PodcastCorona goes Global
With markets collapsing, oil prices plummeting and the West about to be put in lockdown, we examine the dramatic consequences of Corona for economics and…
The David McWilliams PodcastGot you face mask yet?
This week we talk viruses with the brilliant Professor Luke O’Neill and as I’m in New York - and no one does panic better than this shower- we explore the…
The David McWilliams PodcastGermany is changing - and Europe should take notice
Germany is going through a fundamental change - the alt-right is rising, Angela Merkel’s reign is coming to an end and Germans are aging… how will the steady…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe battle for the soul of Fianna Fail (if there is such a thing) and are we witnessing China’s Chernobyl?
Napoleon once said “to govern is to choose”, Fianna Fail has to make a choice, will it be SF or FG in coalition? Plus as the Corona Virus spreads are we…
The David McWilliams PodcastStorm Shinner
Vladimir Lenin once said “there are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen” - this was one of those weeks. We explain what has…
The David McWilliams PodcastStats, polls & elections
A leap in the dark or the bright shining light of change? SF - for the first time ever - lead the polls. We welcome Kevin Cunningham - the sharpest pollster in…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe Giant Global Housing Swindle
From Davos to balance sheet recession this week is all about economics. Join us as we explain how the wealthy get rich in bust economies and how regular people…
The David McWilliams PodcastWhy traffic is like gas, not liquid
This week we tackle the problem facing many cities: congestion. We look at why historical thinking isn't working and what could be a possible way forward. Hope…
The David McWilliams PodcastIrish elections and the differences between Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil
With an election coming and the RIC debate still raging, we examine the deep differences between FF and FG, what our grandfathers did in 1920, the class basis…
The David McWilliams PodcastUSA, IRAN and the 3 M’s that precede wars
This week has been dominated by news of the rapidly escalating conflict between Iran and the United States - today we breakdown where it came from, what it…
The David McWilliams PodcastSpecial episode: Welcome to the Third Decade of the 21st century
This week we’re going to be taking a look at our 2019 episodes, trying to find out what you liked best and touch on what is coming from the podcast in 2020…
The David McWilliams PodcastThe economics of love
Money, assets, yield and dividends - all table stakes of economics, but what if there was something underlying all these? This week we talk about the crucial…
The David McWilliams PodcastBoris Johnson, the last PM of the UK?
The elections are over, Boris Johnson has won a massive and the UK is changed utterly. What does it all mean for all of us, where are we now heading and could…
The David McWilliams PodcastWhy the British election is about so much more than who will be the next PM. It’s about the very fabric of British society - explained with FT chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley - one is the sharpest political minds covering the UK right now
On Thursday the United Kingdom will vote once again - and its choice will have a drastic impact on the future of the country, most notably with Brexit hanging…
The David McWilliams PodcastPopulism and the evolution of Ireland - Live From Vicar street
Here it is! Our first ever live show tackling the rise of populism around the world, the evolution of Ireland and so much more, hope you enjoy! Hosted on…