David McWilliams | Economist
Sep 12, 2024 · 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."
Articles - David McWilliams
Inheritance is not just a family affair – it’s a critical societal issue. David McWilliams, a contributor to The Irish Times, is an economist, writer and journalist.
Ireland is ‘dangerously lopsided’. Galway and Limerick are …
Sep 27, 2024 · On Friday morning, again in cheerful sunlight, the liveliness at the core of Galway city evoked a different size and style. These two cities, Limerick and Galway, are essential to Ireland’s future development. The western seaboard is Ireland’s economic secret weapon and, if planned properly over next 50 years, development of the west could ...
Can Trumponomics work? Partly yes. Ultimately no
Partly yes. Ultimately no. A few years ago this column argued that we should see significant political events through a very long-term lens that could be termed the economic and political super cycle. While the usual political cycle lasts for four to five years, a super cycle might last for decades and involves a recalibration of intellectual ...
Here’s an ‘epic’ idea to unlock Cork’s potential
Oct 4, 2024 · From an exclusively economic perspective, Cork has lots going for it. The latest figures show that the jurisdiction’s second-largest and fastest-growing city has a population of 210,000, rising to 305,000 in the broader metro area. The county contributes 19 per cent of national gross domestic product and has the fourth-highest disposable income per capita in …
Leave things as they are, and Ireland’s economy will stumble and …
Aug 30, 2024 · The problems facing the Irish economy are supply bottlenecks, labour shortages and degraded State capacity to deliver large projects. If you doubt this, consider the fact that Government spending has ballooned by 47 per cent from €71 billion to €105 billion over the last five years. How can we have spent so much money with so little to show ...
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.
The David McWilliams Podcast LIVE - Galway
Sep 19, 2024 · Join the gang in the Galway for The David McWilliams Podcast LIVE for the first time ever! David McWilliams and John Davis will delve into David's latest book, Money: A Story of Humanity exploring the nature of money, its history, and its impact on society. From ancient Babylon to modern cryptocurrency, discover how money has influenced trade, revolutions, and human progress.
Today’s children could be worse-off than their parents - David …
Aug 12, 2024 · For example, 90 per cent of American Boomers born around 1940 were earning more than their parents by the time they were 30. This figure fell to 50 per cent for those people born in 1980, who are about 40 years old today.
Ireland should not be blocking data centres, we need more of them
Sep 6, 2024 · The Irish data centre market amounted to $3.32 billion (€3 billion) in investment in 2023, and is projected to increase to $4.22 billion by 2029. Data centres contribute significantly to Ireland’s GDP. In 2020 the industry added an estimated €1.3 billion directly to the economy. Amazon’s data centres alone have, the company claims ...