The David McWilliams Podcast
Episodes
164 - Russia after Putin with political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's not always you get to chat to a man who survived 10 years in a Siberian Gulag, Mikhail Khodorkovsky is such a man, so this is a real treat. Who b...
163 - The Edge & Brian Cox go beyond the music
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a unique blend of music, creativity & quantum physics between two masters of their respective fields. From Brian Cox's early br...
162 - The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re bringing you another conversation from the Dalkey Book Festival where we explore nationality, sports, history, the pandemic, and most importan...
161 - Sitting down with Bernie Sanders
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we want to bring you a great conversation that I had with Bernie Sanders at the Dalkey Book Festival a few weeks ago. Senator Sanders touche...
160 - The economics of love (Best of)
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's August - We're taking a moment to go through our archives and surface a few "best of"' to keep you company on your summer holidays. This week we'...
159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive back into Florence and Dante to explore how this extraordinary writer’s lessons and insights are still as relevant today as the da...
158 - Economics at a crossroad with Mark Blyth & Eric Lonergan
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eric & Mark walk us through the vacuums in politics and the different types of anger that has brought on the rise of populism globally and how the...
157 - Mid-year review with Paul Donovan
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has tried to make the year that’s passed fit into classic boom/bust models but the truth is that there’s nothing classical about 2020 - s...
156 - Get on board with ESG or else!
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brands spend millions to represent something that consumers want to be associated with. The tricky part is that culture is always changing, always evo...
155 - Is Cuba in the middle of a regime change
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is a wind of change in the Cuban air. The Castro family is no longer running the country and there are whispers among the locals that this might...
154- The economics of climate change, the coming resource wars and what we can do about it.
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Economists are dangerous, so says this week's guest iconoclastic economist,Professor Steve Keen and this is particularly the case if we think about cl...
153 - Follow the Money: Why is the government selling the Bank of Ireland cheaply and why now?
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish government is trying to sell its stake in the Bank of Ireland at a half price. Selling cheap and buying expensive is never good busines...
152 - The NYtimes is wrong - Ireland is not a tax haven
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week the New York Times took a swipe at Ireland by calling it a tax haven - which it most definitely is not. Using taxes is central to any nation...
151 - Reimagining cities post COVID
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The world is changing and nowhere is that more apparent than in urban areas around the world. Today’s episode looks at the transformations happening...
150 - Rich Man/Poor Man with Stephanie Kelton & Marla Dukharan
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Up here, in what used to be called the "1st World", the pandemic has focused economists' minds on what can be done to change our thinking after Covid ...
149 - Let’s talk Pride, is there a gay economy?
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When I was a kid, being inclusive or accepting of gay people was regarded as the death knell of commerce. Today it’s an essential attribute of a suc...
148 - Is the political centre back?
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We examine recent political trends and ask the question: is the centre, written off by the extremes, back in the game & And if so, what does it me...
147 - The housing market by the numbers
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're slowly but surely coming to the boiling point of the housing market, but as we do so it's important to step back and understand the magnitude of...
146 - The Great Caste War
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elections all over the world are now power struggles between "castes", not so much classes, ideologies or even economics. We look at economic history ...
145 - Kamikaze Kapitalism
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
History is a great teacher - so this week we turn to the 1980s in Japan to learn how one country who had seemingly figured it all out - lost its way! ...
144 - What is Money? With Eric Lonergan
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Money is so deeply engrained in our lives that we sometimes forget to think about it at all. With the rise of alternative currencies it's worth taking...
143 - G7, global corporate taxes & Disrupting the building sector
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every country has the right to use the tools at their disposable to make the lives of its citizens more prosperous - even the tax code. With the G7 un...
142 - Value is created in the mind with Rory Sutherland
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why gold may have started with prostitution, why wine makers take the mickey, why economists only see half the picture and what Naomi Osaka tell us ab...
141 - Is Bitcoin a bubble or the currency of the future - or can it be both? Part.2
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bitcoin’s value has gone from 10 000 USD to a whopping 60 000 USD in the last 6 month - before going down to about 35 000 USD now. But what is ...
140 - Is Bitcoin a bubble or the currency of the future - or can it be both? Part.1
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bitcoin’s value has gone from 10 000 USD to a whopping 60 000 USD in the last 6 month - before going down to about 35 000 USD now. But what is ...
139 - Boring but radical: How Biden is getting it done
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a quick hit on Bitcoin we join Harvard economist Megan Greene for a deep dive on why MMT is rising in America, how Biden is embracing this new v...
139 - The UK’s new economic approach
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brexit has created a new economic environment for the UK. Robert Lind joins us to untangle what the new business model might be moving forward, how it...
138 - Global panic buying & inflation
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you know anyone in their 20s or 30s, no matter where in the world you are, you’ve been talking about housing. By all accounts the pandemic has tu...
137 - Israel and Palestine, explained, put into perspective and hopefully made more clear with Tom Friedman
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Through a unique Broadway analogy, the fascinating three times Pulitzer Prize winner, New York columnist Times Tom Friedman helps us navigate the bigg...
136 - What the Pope told Mack!
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As wages stagnate but house prices rise, a new class will emerge, beneficiaries of the housing boom, an inheritance class. As the younger generat...
135 - Vultures, cuckoos, pigeons - what's with all these avian funds?
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you feel it in the air? The wind is changing for property funds in Ireland, people are realizing how rigged the system is against them and they’...
134 - Lessons from the Great Depression
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it - or so the saying goes. This week, with the help of IG, we’re looking at what happene...
133 - The beauty of discovering numbers
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some argue that great civilized societies are measured by culture, literature or art but what about the idea that real sophistication is statistics? T...
132 - Pulling up the drawbridge
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest barrier to progress is the contented class, driven by their C.A.V.E philosophy: Citizens Against Virtually Everything, they want things to...
131 - What will your Spotify Moment look like? Learning from the music industry
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The music industry has been the most iconic example of disruption in the modern age, but if Will Page is right (former chief economist of Spotify) - i...
130 - The end of Neo-Liberalism & economic super-cycles explained with Dario Perkins
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Through the super-league we look at what might be the impending end of neo-liberalism: it's all about the background noise!. From there we tease out w...
129 - No one is safe until everyone is safe
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday was the worst day to day for new cases of COVID 19 globally since the pandemic started. WE may feel safer, but the world is a dangerous as e...
128 - Clinging to power, what's the next move?
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We head down the West Lower to look at the fallout from the KBC move to leave Ireland, plus in the week that the new more muscular USA slaps sanctions...
127 - By 2030 there will be more female millionaires in the world than men. Change is coming.
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most significant changes influencing our world is the feminization of the economy. It's been a long time coming, and the fruits of many bat...
126 - The end of the road for the Irish corporate tax advantage?
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last few decades Ireland has been growing by leaps & bounds, catching up with most of our European neighbours in almost every measurement...
125 - When China flexes. Is Taiwan Asia's Berlin wall?
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
China is changing. Relations with the US have plummeted Taiwan is the ground zero for the new China. What happens in Taiwan will affect the globa...
124 - Where is the "lockdown dividend"? Joe Biden the economic revolutionary - plus its Vespa time!
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland has been in lockdown for 231 days - by far the most stringent lockdown in the EU, so where's the dividend? Could 1950s/60s Irish emigration to...
123 - Our hyper-integrated world. Suez canal, supply chain fragility & the death of traditional recessions!
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, the canal is unblocked, but the ramifications of the events should not be understated: the fragility of our global supply chain has been exposed ...
122 - Its time for a buyer’s strike
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Any free trade has 2 sides: a buyer & a seller. After today’s conversation with one of our Patreon: Ciaran Mulqueen - who runs the crazy house p...
121 - The Psychology of the Far Right
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All European countries have seen increases in far-right parties in the last decade. This political affiliation will not just disappear as most people ...
120 - Cease and desist. Get out of the housing market right now, plus the 5 fundamental ways cities are changing
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The global seller’s market for housing is hitting new levels of madness - its time for buyers to take a stand and decide that they’re not going to...
119 - The Economic Revolution is here
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Biden unveils a $1.9 trillion package and is saying he will spend more. This is a massive change - almost a revolution against economic orthodoxy ...
117 - Learning from the master innovator Johannes Gutenberg
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learning used to be hands-on, trail and error, mentors, mistakes & real world experience. Gutenberg is the model. Could going back to the old ways...
116 - White collar crime, why vaccines are destiny, & the miraculous resurrection of Boris Johnson
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why vaccine is the only game in town. What Michael should say to Joe on St Patricks Day, plus crimes in the “West lower”..... then off the London ...
115 - The War on Drugs has failed, stop it.
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The War in Drugs is a spectacular failure. It is time to end it and begin to have an adult conversation about legalizing drugs. If you went out to set...
114 - Building back better
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The markets are getting their knickers in a twist over inflation and maybe even deficits, we explain why the economics of the 1990s no longer applies ...
113 - Bidenomics, why we should not worry about inflation and embracing economic heres
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The USA is embarking on the biggest change in economic policy in decades. Biden is using the economics of the 1930s to avoid the 1930s. This is a big ...
112 - How Ireland really works!
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The upcoming sale of Ulster Bank will reveal how Ireland actually works. We give you the "collars up" view from the West Lower Stand at the Aviva stad...
111 - The future of the City
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What will our cities look like after Covid? We talk to renowned urbanist Richard Florida, the man behind the concept of the Creative Class and Creativ...
110 - Going Dutch, London's Brexit losses and what's the story with Bitcoin?
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of years ago, the Dutch were Europe's moneymen and it looks as if they are at it again. We look at new alliances & digital trade routes e...
109 - The fallout from economic mania & the conventional thinking trap with Tom Bergin
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
we start off by taking a look at the fallout of the Gamestop fiasco before tackling the bigger issue: Conventional thinking. In many ways the world is...
108 - How to fix the housing market
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Public housing should be addressed with the same urgency as public health. If we can close down the economy, borrow billions, furlough millions and st...
107 - Wall Street and the Short Selling Revolution Part 2
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We take another look at the "day-trading" insurrectionists to examine who is actually in control, what human emotions are unleashed by the markets and...
106 - Wall Street, Game Stop and the Short Squeeze Revolutionaries!
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Something unusual is happening in the stock market: the little guy - or in this case, guys - are beating up the big multi-billionaire hedge-fund manag...
105 - The Rentier Economy
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland, like many economies is hostage to the rentiers, companies that sidle up to governments to get a licence to provide some product or service th...
104 - Doughnut Economics
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The arrival of Joe Biden has led to a profound change in tone, with America quickly re-signing back up to the Paris Accord. The planet is back on the ...
103 - Doc Martins, the financialization of the global economy, IPO's, inequality and Joe Biden's political agenda
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We explain by way of the SFX and Doc Martins how financial markets create inequality. Late stage financial capitalism generates super normal profits f...
102 - The last day of Trump
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is gone but what next for Trumpism? The saga is far from over. While the armed Boogaloo boys are mobilizing across the United States we tal...
101 - How to end this Lockdown for good!
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We still have time to do a New Zealand, with the vaccine roll out going so slowly, can we do a Taiwan and be out and about my St Patrick's Day? We tal...
100 - American Carnage and its radicalized Middle
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trump is over, Trumpism is not. The great American experiment is only starting, as the Republicans become the party of the anxious while, the Dem...
The Brexit Dividend - for everyone bar Britain!
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interesting times! As the US is engulfed by a culture war, we look at a culture war closer to home. Here’s why Brexit provides a once in a generatio...
Every Day is Crucial!
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the podcast 2021! During the height of the civil rights campaign when people were dying needlessly, Martin Luther King deployed this e...
Christmas Podcast
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for your support all year. This week we take stock of Ireland after the year we’ve just had and how your view on COVID actually tells much mo...
Investor or Speculation? Tech, market madness & the cost of mistakes
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Technology changes the world - but not everyone who bets on technology wins. With the recent boom in tech IPOs we take a look at what the market with ...
When Scotland Rises
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The first casualty of Brexit will be Britain. Scotland is on its own path for the first time since 1707. When Scotland becomes independent, it will tr...
Beyond Brexit. What does the post-Brexit world look like?
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The British are gone - well almost - and the EU will change. The face of that change is likely to be Emmanuel Macron. So we examine France, by way of ...
Meritocracy - Scourge or Salvation
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we review our Tuesday conversation with Andy Haldane and go through some of the most interesting aspects of the discussion, including the merits...
Brexit and much more with Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Brexit week, last throw of the dice allegedly, so what better week to talk to the man from the Bank of England - an institution that will have ...
The end of the car park
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Not all ideas are timeless - this week we look at how we can take dead space and turn it into living spaces through economic incentives Hosted on Acas...
"Hand of pod" - The Maradona Generation
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We go to Argentina to gauge the reaction to the death of the Diego. Plus we explore with the former economics minister of Argentina, Martin Lousteau, ...
The World in 2021
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Thanksgiving, with the Dow hitting 30,000 and Janet Yellan taking over at the US Treasury, we examine the short and medium terms health of the US e...
the fallout from COVID
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s light at the end of the tunnel - for the first time it seems that people are starting to see the end of this mess. As we look to the return ...
Show me the money
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Optics and execution are two profoundly different things. All over the world politicians talk and entrepreneurs walk. Small businesses have been promi...
“Don’t cry for me Great-Brit-Annia” - to be sung imagining Boris Johnson channelling his inner Elaine Page
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Is Boris Johnson England’s Eva Peron? All through my wild days, my mad existence…..and all that stuff, anyway we get to this point following an...
Lets talk about unemployment
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every statistic is a person and a family. As unemployment sky-rockets, we need to put employment front and centre for the economy in 2021. We l...
Outside it’s America!
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What Joe Biden’s victory means and what it does not. We examine the US economy with a former US cabinet member and Chairman of the Council of Econom...
Orange is the new Red
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Biden just about, but Orange is the new Red. The Trump family business has taken over the GOP. What does this mean? Why the Democrats need to find the...
A Good Day to hide Bad News!
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re avoiding America, (well mostly) today as we can’t add much more. We’re going all Covid. There might not be a right answer for how to tackl...
Market & Politics - Why Who Wins Matters & Why It Doesn’t
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we look at the relationship between politics and money through the lens of the US elections. We try to make sense of wha...
Skin in the Game
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
3 Mile Pubs, why public servants don’t get business, why cashflow is King, the Grantocracy, Hydraulic economics, and what Flann O’ Brien had to sa...
The Funeral of Austerity & the Return of Brexit, plus when an Opel Jersey walked into the Tate Gallery!
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This was the week austerity died. We explore the timely end of a bad idea and look forward to a new era for economics. Plus what the Modh Coinníollac...
A gem of a Letter from America with the brilliant Tom Frank
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why dereliction is vandalism in Ireland and then off to Kansas with the author of NYT’s mega best-seller, “What’s the Matter with Kans...
How will Trump getting Covid affect the campaign, and why Ireland’s youth should determine the budget.
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The legend that is Professor Bill Black on the USA. This is the man who put more white collar criminals behind bars than any other. He’s an economis...
Economics at a tipping point
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Economics is at a tipping point, as we lockdown again, how can we remain solvent, avoid national and international bankruptcy and deploy all the possi...
How the UK breaks up….lessons from the Balkans, plus Trump’s possible road to victory
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a monumental week - with the help of American policy analyst Pippa Malmgren - we look at what might be the unintended consequences of Bori...
Back to Brexit
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once again the British government uses Ireland as a hostage in its Brexit theatre with the EU. The record is on repeat. Brexit has now returned and th...
The American divide and the Vaticanization of the ECB
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Less than 2 months away from what will inevitably be a historic election we take a look at the American landscape - how we got there and what might ha...
Cryptocurrency & the future of money
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we tackle one of the most requested topics: Cryptocurrency. We’re going to try and explain what Bitcoin is, where it came from and what it...
How history shapes current policies
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we ignore the political shenanigans in Ireland (as it’s so pathetic) and look at what we can learn from ancient Mesopotamia and its approa...
The 15 minute city
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cities are at a crossroads. The decisions we take now will dictate a new urban future. The office as we know it is over and its main enemy is not COVI...
Angrynomics - Why its okay to be mad about the current economic crisis and what we can do about it
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk with two brilliant economists Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan on this fantastic new book - Angrynomics. We analyze why people are angry...
How bonds not bombs liberated Ireland
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we mark the death of John Hume, a great Irish patriot. We explore one of his unheralded achievements, the Credit Unions and how these small ...
Living in interesting times and how best to think of it
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Four massive economic changes are going on right now under our noses, yet we are unaware of their magnitude because we increasingly value short-term t...
Taxes, urine & wealth creation
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we take a rather unconventional look at the Apple ruling - taking the time to look at the many ways that countries around the world have cre...
From "the craic economy" to the annexation of the West Bank
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another week, another episode where we look at the world and try to make sense of it. This week we explore how language evolves, the idea of "the crai...