David McWilliams is an economist, author, podcaster, journalist, documentarian and broadcaster. He hosts The David McWilliams Podcast, which aims to make economics uncomplicated and accessible, and is the founder of the world's only economics and stand-up comedy festival, "Kilkenomics" — described by the Financial Times as "simply, the best economics conference in the world." He also ...

David McWilliams, a contributor to The Irish Times, is an economist, writer and journalist.

Before we answer that question, let’s look at the numbers – how many homes are being bought and sold, who is buying them and where is the money going. Some are getting rich off the back of this housing crisis, because one person’s mortgage is another person’s piggy bank. The figures and the momentum of the market are well known but we should restate them to …

Dec 6, 2024 · Now that the election is out of the way, it’s time to get serious about housing. Ireland needs a major housing reset and this will discommode many. It has to. Otherwise there will never be real social or generational peace, emigration of young Irish people will continue and the average person’s lifestyle will not be commensurate with their incomes. We will remain a rich country that feels ...

David McWilliams is an economist, author, podcaster, journalist, documentarian and broadcaster. He is the founder of the world’s only economics and stand-up comedy festival Kilkenomics described by the Financial Times as "simply, the best economics conference in the world”. He also co-founded the Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland’s largest literary and ideas festival.

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 …

Sep 20, 2024 · The conversation centred on trying to understand why a government in a European democracy that is facing serious infrastructural deficiencies and has just received a €13 billion gift might not want to spend this money. All across the European Union, countries are cash strapped and their infrastructure and public investment programmes are being slashed because of this lack of cash. In Ireland ...

Nov 8, 2024 · The yellow bricks of the Yellow Brick Road, represent the gold bars which paved the way to the Emerald City, the city of green – or greenback, the colloquial term for the dollar. Dorothy represents the wholesome daughter of middle America, literally Kansas. The Scarecrow is the put-upon Midwestern farmer American and the Tin Man is the industrial worker.

Dec 27, 2024 · If the 2024 election result marked stability and conservatism, the biggest gig of the year underscored that same middle-brow innocuousness

Oct 18, 2024 · In the course of my research and as I got to know many local economists, policymakers, manufacturers and commentators, the dependency of the Israeli economy on the EU became increasingly apparent. America might well be Israel’s protector but Europe is its bread and butter. Over the past 30 years, this fact has not changed much. It has been regularly observed that economics is geography in ...