David McWilliams | Economist
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 …
Articles - David McWilliams
David McWilliams, a contributor to The Irish Times, is an economist, writer and journalist.
About - David McWilliams
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.
Podcast - David McWilliams
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.
In a too-hot Irish economy, politicians are treating voters like ...
Just say no! The political party that is honest with the population and rediscovers the ability to say no might be rewarded by the adult population in a few weeks’ time. I use the word “adult” because it appears that all the main parties and senior politicians are treating the electorate like ...
Ireland is ‘dangerously lopsided’. Galway and Limerick are …
Sep 27, 2024 · Home to Druid and Macnas, the city has long been a stronghold for Irish culture, theatre and the arts. These days, it boasts culinary excellence, too (with the likes of Aniar, Kai, and Ard Bia, for example), drawing high praise in the pages of the Financial Times and beyond. The natural beauty of Connemara, the Burren and the Clare coastline is unrivalled.
Leave things as they are, and Ireland’s economy will stumble and …
Aug 30, 2024 · These are only two examples of how our legal framework allows for objections on a wide variety of grounds – ranging from procedural missteps to environmental concerns – which can easily lead to protracted legal disputes, creating a situation whereby critical housing projects, even those deemed necessary by national and local authorities, are delayed for years or sometimes abandoned altogether.
Money - David McWilliams
MONEY. The object of our desires. The engine of our genius. Humanity’s greatest invention. Money is everything. It brings freedom and it takes it away. It inspires and corrupts us. But what is money? Is it the main thing holding us back from utopia or …
Ireland has an almost embarrassing abundance of revenue …
Jul 19, 2024 · Labour won 34 per cent of all votes but now commands about 64 per cent of the 650 seats. Meanwhile, the Tories with 24 per cent of the vote secured just 121 seats – their worst result since 1761. Only the Liberal Democrats – with 12 per cent of the vote and 11 per cent of the seats – look representative. The story that no one really wants to talk about is the re-emergence of Ukip in the ...
Speaking - David McWilliams
To book David McWilliams for speaking engagements, please reach out to Rani at rani@davidmcwilliams.ie. David has written four bestsellers, presented award-winning documentaries and has even brought economics to the stage, at Ireland’s Abbey Theatre.. He is very active on social media and is the third most widely followed economist in the world with 238,000 Twitter followers.