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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Oct 27, 2020 • 32min
Skin in the Game
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 say about PhDs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 20, 2020 • 52min
The Funeral of Austerity & the Return of Brexit, plus when an Opel Jersey walked into the Tate Gallery!
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 Coinníollach tells us about economics . Also, an in-depth conversation on what the latest Brexit drama means (spoiler alert: there will ALWAYS be a deal), plus uncomfortable jockeys and lots more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 13, 2020 • 52min
A gem of a Letter from America with the brilliant Tom Frank
American journalist and historian Tom Frank discusses American culture war and the Flip of Republicans and Democrats in a humorous and critical conversation. Also, explore the impact of dereliction in Ireland and the evolution of American politics with insights on socialism by Oscar Wilde.
Oct 6, 2020 • 37min
How will Trump getting Covid affect the campaign, and why Ireland’s youth should determine the budget.
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 economist, lawyer and criminal psychologist and he brings this laser-like clarity to the US, four weeks from the election. We talk economics, Proud Boys, abortion and the culture war. Plus, back home why Ireland should use the budget to build houses, show vision and understand that we have the highest young population in the EU, make the budget about them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2020 • 1h
Economics at a tipping point
Economics is at a tipping point, as we lockdown again, how can we remain solvent, avoid national and international bankruptcy and deploy all the possible economics tools at our disposal. We are facing a 1930s style Depression and need 1930s style policies to get us out. Listen to one of the best macroeconomists in the world: Paul McCulley navigate the path to prosperity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2020 • 52min
How the UK breaks up….lessons from the Balkans, plus Trump’s possible road to victory
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 Boris Johnson’s action and why all eyes are on African American women for a second Trump term. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 15, 2020 • 48min
Back to Brexit
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 this time its even more mental. We breakdown the latest carryon, talk about the implications for the future. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder, it does! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 8, 2020 • 36min
The American divide and the Vaticanization of the ECB
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 happen depending on election results. We then move on to talk about Eurozone, and how the rising tensions between Germany and Italy could potential reshape the fundamentals of how the zone operates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 1, 2020 • 35min
Cryptocurrency & the future of money
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 might mean for the future of money. To help get to the bottom of this topic, we enrolled the help of Peter McCormack, host of the podcast “what bitcoin did” to guide us on some of the more technical aspects of this new monetary movement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 25, 2020 • 57min
How history shapes current policies
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 approach to pandemics. Plus, staying in the region: how to make sense of the Middle East by understanding a coup in Iran in 1953 and how it set the tone for everything that came after! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
