David McWilliams

plus the fragility of an economy which is over-dependent on one source of corporate finance and corporate taxation, which is a description of Ireland at the moment and our extraordinary over-dependence on American multinationals.

That's all coming up in a couple of minutes.

To understand the economy, you have to understand human nature.

How are you doing there?

It is time for the podcast.

Today's podcast is all going to be about skinny people.

It's not us.

It's not us, but if you're very skinny and you're out there, this is all about you.

It's all for you.

No, it's going to be about the economics of Monjaro, Monjaro, Zempek, all that stuff, weight loss, drugs, but it's also going to be about...

impact of weight loss drugs on the bottom line of pharmaceutical companies and the tax they pay in Ireland vis-a-vis the tax they should pay in the United States, all against the background of President Donald Trump having yet another hissy fit about who is a good neighbour, who is a good ally.

It's kind of hard to take lectures on good corporate citizenship from a man who is bombing the shite out of a country, as we speak.

Anyway.

But we are going to talk about that at another stage.

But that's what we're going to talk about, John.

How are you, Ed?

It's good to see you.

Yeah, and you.

And you.

It's good.