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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 Podcast
211 - Understanding inflation through the man behind the FED in America
Behind every decision is human beings, who they are, how they act & where they’re from is critical to understanding the context in which any given decision is…
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210 - Russian tensions explained & pub economics
Russia has been dominating headlines as of late and clickbait titles want you to believe that World War 3 is on the horizon - What is really happening in…
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209 - If global warming is the question, free public transport is the answer
With the return to office happening all around the world, we’re seeing old problems come back; namely, traffic and congestion in cities. This is something we…
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208 - Breaking down the metaverse & why we we need to disconnect
There’s massive amounts of money being thrown around by people who are trying to invest in the metaverse… so what exactly is it? And perhaps more importantly…
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207 - What's happening in finance, why all the crashing? Plus, the key to unlocking the Irish economy
We breakdown what is happening with the falling stocks in the tech sector by talking about bonds, inflation and returns on investment before looking at the…
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206 - Is it Last call for Boris Johnson?
Today is about the UK: as Boris Johnson fights for his political life we breakdown the timeline of events that brought us here, when & how this all might end…
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205 - Can the centre hold?
WB Yeats in his poem "The Second Coming", described a world, 100 odd years ago, where the forces of economics and politics meant that "things fall apart" and…
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204 - The Origin of Covid. Where precisely did it come from?
Where exactly did Covid come from? Today’s episode tackles the origin of Covid, where did it come from, the food chain or a lab leak? A lab leak opens the door…
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203 - Is this the year crypto crashes?
I've no idea whether crypto and Bitcoin in particular will crash, double or stay where it is. No one does. In economic terms, cryptocurrency is definitely…
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202 - The Washington Putsch - One Year on
Let's talk America one year to the day after storming of Capitol Hill. Some warn the US is moving towards civil war, certainly the place is divided, what of…
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201 - The World at a Tipping Point
The New Year and a new credit cycle. In 2021 the world was awash with money, but will this continue in 2022? If not what will it mean for the economy, for you…
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200 - The economics of Nighttime. Why we need more not less, socializing!
Happy Christmas! Hope you had a good one! Weird that this week we are talking about more boozing, more socializing, more venues, more events, more late nights…
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199 - the Central banks have spoken… what does it mean?
Around the world the central banks have announced their vision for what 2022 will look like - How will these announcements affect your Daily budget and your…
The David McWilliams Podcast198 - The economics of Football
There's an extra episode this week!Thanks to the folks at NOW we're bringing you the economics of football to understand clubs really work, what are the…
The David McWilliams Podcast197 - The changing political landscape in Ireland & the UK
Today is all about politics as Kevin Cunningham joins us to breakdown the latest numbers for Ireland and the UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
The David McWilliams Podcast196 - The Russian crisis that nobody saw coming
The rising tensions between Russian and Ukraine has flared up faster than anyone could have predicted and we're now at the edge of what could be the biggest…
The David McWilliams Podcast195: The economics that made America
Today’s episode we get all historical and look at economics of Alexander Hamilton, the man who forged America and got murdered for his troubles. Through his…
The David McWilliams Podcast194 - What happens now?
As we go into another quasi-lockdown, what does it mean for the economy. What as Covid done to our understanding of the economy, why is this so different and…
The David McWilliams Podcast193 - Comparing innovation between the US and Europe with Michael Fertik
As we begin to take stock of the year we’re looking at how the pandemic has changed the working landscape through the lens of innovations and entrepreneurship…
The David McWilliams Podcast192 - Movement: markets, people and viruses
In the span of a single week, a bright outlook for 2022 is now starting to look quite bleak as the new South African Covid variant enters our communities &…
The David McWilliams Podcast191 - China and America's latest Sputnik moment
Today we talk about China: its growth, its dominance and perhaps most importantly; its future Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The David McWilliams Podcast190 - The housing crisis solution is going to be imperfect
Today’s start is about the way out of the global housing crisis, how some well intentioned ideas have unfortunate unexpected consequence and why the way out of…
The David McWilliams Podcast189 - When money dies: Notes on hyperinflation, currency manipulation and Ponzi schemes, plus who is with who in the new Middle East
We explain precisely how exchange rate, interest rate and monetary policy actually interact and work - all within the first 30 mins! While inflation is…
The David McWilliams Podcast188 - Lessons from Oslo: How to create green innovation
Following last week’s conversations on climate change we wanted to talk about the real, tangible ways that we can create this better, greener future through…
The David McWilliams Podcast187 - The return of inflation
It’s no secret that we’ve been living in inflationary times, but inflation is always the harbinger of higher interest rates and if they were to go up, what…
The David McWilliams Podcast186 - The myths of dereliction - and how to fight back
When it comes to dereliction there's many myths that people tell to accept the status quo - "that's just the way it is" "the council is doing its best " -…
The David McWilliams Podcast185 - Inflation, leverage and the ecological warning from the vikings
Today’s episode explores two topics: we begin by looking at what the market thinks of potential interest rate increases - is there a bear market coming? Then…
The David McWilliams Podcast184 - The Climate Change Opportunity
We are running out of time, it's now or never. The world needs to stop burning fossil fuels. That's the challenge. It’s not all doom & gloom. We explore about…
The David McWilliams Podcast183 - What’s next for Germany and why it matters; plus the life of journalist Robert Fisk
Today’s podcast is split in two: we explore the changing of the guard in Germany and a massive undocumented shift in German policy, before exploring the legacy…
The David McWilliams Podcast182 - Why now is the time to go for a wage rise!
Why now is the time to strike for a higher wage. Wages are going up, don't get left behind. Also, a quick follow-up on last week’s chats on inflation & crypto…
The David McWilliams Podcast181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bullet to inflation?
We’re continuing our conversation on inflation, this time through the lens of cryptocurrency to understand if it actually is the safe haven to inflation that…
The David McWilliams Podcast180 - Money and inflation - What to make of the current rising costs
From the Greek Goddess Maia, to the Roman God Mercury, and the Lord Edward Pub in Dublin, this week's chat on inflation takes an eclectic turn. We’re seeing…
The David McWilliams Podcast179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a Star Trek Future
This week we connect with Alec Ross, the author of the Raging 2020s to talk about the fight for our future, how share-holders rose to power and the way that…
The David McWilliams Podcast178 - Tinder for ideas and the new corporate tax rate implications
We kick off the week with the launch of our new international trade and money course which aims to bring economics to everyone! We start the chat with a quick…
The David McWilliams Podcast177 - Is China the new Japan?
We examine the similarities between China in 2022 and Japan in 1990. The trajectory of huge export-led growth, dragging Japan in the 1950s, 60s, 70s out of the…
The David McWilliams Podcast176 - Britain's coming Winter of Discontent
"A spectre is haunting Britain—the spectre of stagflation". It's not always the podcast paraphrases Karl Marx, but when it comes to ideology, there are few…
The David McWilliams Podcast175 - Conversation with the brilliant behavioural economist Dan Ariely
From the experience economy, to the economics of meaning, the psychology of Covid deniers, what happens when you are too committed to on idea, the perils of…
The David McWilliams Podcast174 - The Housing Price Theory of Everything
We kick off with a jammy deal in Dublin and why it tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with Ireland's housing market. Plus the hidden…
The David McWilliams Podcast173 - Evergrande implosion and the economics of Colonialism
Today we start in China to talk about Evergrande, the real estate empire that is on the brink of collapse before talking about the history of colonialism and…
The David McWilliams Podcast172 - The Economics of Casement, Carson, Congo and Colonialism
As Michael D Higgins, Ireland’s President gets into a scrap, we have a hot take on rubber booms, Apocalypse Now, Roger Casement, King Leopold and Oscar Wilde!…
The David McWilliams Podcast171 - Inflation: why it's personal
With headlines around the world talking about rising inflation its well worth the time to break down what it is, why yours might not be like anyone else’s and…
The David McWilliams Podcast170 - A few thoughts from Dubai and what Sally Rooney and the points race can tell us about the elite and elite overproduction?
This week, we're in Dubai, giving a quick run down of what the region looks like to the visitor, then we head back to Europe in order to look at the dilemma of…
The David McWilliams Podcast169 - The great Chinese closedown
China has been making huge policy changes in the last few weeks - it’s laying out a clear vision for what it wants the country to look like for the decades to…
The David McWilliams Podcast168 - Thoughts on the new Irish housing plan
The Irish governments has finally laid out a vision to tackle the ongoing housing crisis and while it’s far from perfect, it is a step in the right direction…
The David McWilliams Podcast167 - Education for the brave new world
As the 4th industrial revolution has converged with a global pandemic creating seismic shifts in various aspects of our lives, how will the future of work look…
The David McWilliams Podcast166 - Taliban Tremors
What is the implication of the Taliban's takeover of Kabul? The author of "The Silk Roads", Peter Frankopan shares his wisdom with us, and explains what all…
The David McWilliams Podcast165 - Afghanistan, from the perspective of people who are & have been there with Nelofer Pazira Fisk
Afghanistan is unraveling in front of our eyes, and while many stories are making headlines, few talk about what it currently feels like for the regular folks…
The David McWilliams Podcast164 - Russia after Putin with political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky
It's not always you get to chat to a man who survived 10 years in a Siberian Gulag, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is such a man, so this is a real treat. Who better to…
The David McWilliams Podcast163 - The Edge & Brian Cox go beyond the music
Today's episode is a unique blend of music, creativity & quantum physics between two masters of their respective fields. From Brian Cox's early brushings with…
The David McWilliams Podcast162 - The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson
We’re bringing you another conversation from the Dalkey Book Festival where we explore nationality, sports, history, the pandemic, and most importantly why the…
The David McWilliams Podcast161 - Sitting down with Bernie Sanders
This week we want to bring you a great conversation that I had with Bernie Sanders at the Dalkey Book Festival a few weeks ago. Senator Sanders touches on the…
The David McWilliams Podcast160 - The economics of love (Best of)
It's August - We're taking a moment to go through our archives and surface a few "best of"' to keep you company on your summer holidays. This week we're…
The David McWilliams Podcast159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century
This week we dive back into Florence and Dante to explore how this extraordinary writer’s lessons and insights are still as relevant today as the day they were…
The David McWilliams Podcast158 - Economics at a crossroad with Mark Blyth & Eric Lonergan
Eric & Mark walk us through the vacuums in politics and the different types of anger that has brought on the rise of populism globally and how they’ve used…
The David McWilliams Podcast157 - Mid-year review with Paul Donovan
Everyone has tried to make the year that’s passed fit into classic boom/bust models but the truth is that there’s nothing classical about 2020 - so let’s…
The David McWilliams Podcast156 - Get on board with ESG or else!
Brands spend millions to represent something that consumers want to be associated with. The tricky part is that culture is always changing, always evolving…
The David McWilliams Podcast155 - Is Cuba in the middle of a regime change
There is a wind of change in the Cuban air. The Castro family is no longer running the country and there are whispers among the locals that this might be a…
The David McWilliams Podcast154- The economics of climate change, the coming resource wars and what we can do about it.
Economists are dangerous, so says this week's guest iconoclastic economist,Professor Steve Keen and this is particularly the case if we think about climate…
The David McWilliams Podcast153 - Follow the Money: Why is the government selling the Bank of Ireland cheaply and why now?
The Irish government is trying to sell its stake in the Bank of Ireland at a half price. Selling cheap and buying expensive is never good business. We head…
The David McWilliams Podcast152 - The NYtimes is wrong - Ireland is not a tax haven
Last week the New York Times took a swipe at Ireland by calling it a tax haven - which it most definitely is not. Using taxes is central to any nation's…