The David McWilliams Podcast
David McWilliams & John Davis
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.That will be our motto.Every week we are going to tease out some big economic or political issue facing us, not just here in Ireland but in Europe and further afield. Globalisation has brought us all together. We all face similar challenges whether you live in Dublin, London, Minnesota or Milan.If you would like to enjoy all of our content ad-free and have early access to episodes, subscribe to DMCW+ on Apple Podcast.If you would like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/DavidMcWilliams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jan 10, 2023 • 31min
The story of money
Like fire, money has profoundly impacted our species. So much so that it’s development has shaped how we organize together, how the world was discovered and who innovated first (and best!). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 3, 2023 • 41min
Reframing the housing crisis
Let's start the new year with a fresh perspective on housing - because looking at it differently can create new ideas to solve the problem! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 27, 2022 • 46min
A hard look at the return of Inflation - and why it hasn't been transitory
With inflation still very much present at the end of the year and various unions fighting to maintain their real world wages, some through strikes, let's take a look at why inflation hasn't been transitionary and how China has been able to hold it at bay for so long. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2022 • 29min
Irish Argentine
Messi apart, the player that caught most people's eye was Alexis McAlister. But how did his Irish family end up in the Pampas? Today we tell the story of the Irish Argentineans. More than 500,000 Argentineans are Irish-Argentineans, who are they and when did they leave Ireland. The most famous of course is Che Guevara Lynch. In February 1889, the largest single transport ship of immigrants ever to dock in Argentina was "The City of Dresden" and it came from Cork. Even Borges, Argentina's chief bard, wrote about Irish gauchos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2022 • 37min
The UK’s transformation in 2022
This year has been a turbulent one, across Europe, one of the countries that has felt this the most is the UK: 3 prime ministers in a year, a bank crisis and rising Scottish nationalism. Let’s explore how we got there and what might come next Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2022 • 34min
Bonus episode: The economics of movies
This bonus episode is brought to you by NOW.Where did movies come from? What costs and expenses are involved in making them? How has streaming platforms changed the types of movies being made? All this and more answered in this episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2022 • 46min
Ukraine economics - Before & after the war
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Dec 13, 2022 • 44min
The new phase of the economy and short trading explained
With the latest macro-economic cycle coming to an end, let’s look at what’s next on the horizon and how to spot companies that are over-value with the help of the legend himself: Jim Chanos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 8, 2022 • 44min
The end of competence
As we near the end of 2022 let’s look at the year that’s been, identify takeaways of what has passed and have a chat about what might be on the horizon for 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 6, 2022 • 37min
Adam Smith was wrong: we need to diversify, not specialize
The crazy things about economics is that so much of what we’re taught growing up is actually wrong. Today we take a look at the myth about specialization by talking about Fitzcarraldo, biology and the impact that diversification has had on Ireland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
