Owen McGee

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1,739 appearances 11 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6d ago

Owen McGee’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Today with David McCullagh · How will Ireland’s State Saving Scheme work? Eoin McGee explains · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

We're great savers, but we're very far behind.

And one of the problems we have to be, and one of the things that has to be navigated properly here is there are people in the country who can actually afford to save.

And there are people in the country who can't.

And one of the issues is when this conversation comes up, we have to be very mindful of there are people who are really struggling and cannot understand why I'm on the radio talking about people investing money when you can't get to the end of the week.

And yes, but we can't hold everything back on the basis of...

There are some people who have money, who are saving, and it's just not working hard enough for them.

And we need a structure in place to try and help them do that.

Absolutely.

I did a three-episode podcast on this.

If anyone wants to go check it out, Understanding Money, there's the plug, David.

But I did a three-episode podcast on this.

And I really went deep dive in this.

So in the first episode, I went over to Boston and I interviewed a guy called Robert C. Merton.

He's a Nobel Prize winner.

When I'm studying, when nerds like me are studying, he always comes up in the books, right?

And I managed to get an interview with him, which was great.

And I just basically said to him, why don't we invest?

And what are the barriers?

What's the problem with investing?

And Ireland's unique.

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