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The David McWilliams Podcast — 670 episodes
Inside the World Cup's Narco State
Why Social Democracies Win World Cups
The Coming Water Crisis
Why Trump Is About to Come for Ireland
How Trump Could Kill the Dollar
Why Nobody's Having Babies Anymore
Britain Is Broke
Immigration: What's The Plan?
China Is Winning, Trump Doesn't Know It Yet
Why Your Barista Has a Master's Degree
The UAE, Iran, and the Hostage at the Heart of the Oil War
The Failure Premium: Where is the Money Going?
Ireland Is Killing Its Entrepreneurs
Is America Losing Control?
Subsidies, Strikes and the Coming July Clash
Is Ireland the Worst-Run Rich Country in Europe?
The Housing Finale: Can Ireland Build Its Way Out?
How The Housing Market Was Designed to Fail - Part 2
The Brittle Housing Market: Why the System Is Worse Than You Think - Part 1
The Next Global Recession?
Did Big Tech Ruin the Internet? with Cory Doctorow
Is the West Losing Africa to China?
Why Some Countries Create Jobs and Others Export People
Shedonomics: Can Europe Survive China’s Manufacturing Machine?
St Patrick's Day Special: Who Exactly Are The Irish Americans?
The Economics of War
America's Road to Tehran - Part 2
How the West Lost Iran: Oil, Coups, and the Road to Revolution - Part 1
Can Democracy Survive an AI Economy?
Can Europe’s “Hidden Continent” Finally Break Free?
Can You Prosper Without Building Proper Cities?
Revenge of the Nerds
What Happens to an Economy When Credit Stops Flowing?
Can the New Fed Boss Shrink QE Without Crashing Everything?
Why Did Bitcoin Crash Again? The Scam That’s Been Around Since Dante
Swipe Left on Society: Singledom, Sexless Men, and the New Politics of Loneliness with Aideen McQueen
Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference with Rutger Bregman
Ireland’s American Problem: The Jockey, the Horses, and the End of the Easy Money Era
The Great Global Rebalancing: How Trump's America is Losing its Grip on the World's Capital with Sony Kapoor
The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy!
Trump vs. The Fed: Sabotage, Showdown, or Economic Revolution?
The Great Uncoupling & Fiscal Crisis: America, Europe & the Bond Market Reckoning
The Bipolar Economy: Trump, Oil & the End of Balance with Carole Nakhle
Venezuela Falls, Cuba Trembles with Marla Dukharan
After Maduro: Who Really Runs Venezuela Now? with Juan Tokatlian
What If 2026 Is the Year America Leaves Us Behind?
What's Really Going on In Venezuela? Oil, Empire & the Next Proxy War
2025: China’s Year
Was Genghis Khan the World’s First Globalist?
Can Wind Power Make Us Rich Again?
Europe Under Threat: Can the Centre Hold?
The Great Affordability Lie?
Petty Lines in the Sand
China Explained with Dan Wang
Is Central Asia the Next Front Line of Global Power? with Peter Frankopan
Why Can’t the West Build Anymore?
Is $4,000 Gold the First Crack in the Fiat Era?
Hollywood, Soft Power & Ireland’s Anti-American Left?
Vibecession, AI Mania & The New Casino Economy with Kyla Scanlon
The Tech Crash, The Demographic Time Bomb, and Ireland’s Future 40
The Pope’s Children at 20: How Ireland Grew Up
Australia, Argentina & Ireland: A Tale of Three Economies
The Life Raft for Billionaires: Why Tech Titans Are Buying New Zealand
The AI Bubble: Boom, Bust & Baked in Nimbin
The Lost Sailors: From Aboriginals to Schumpeter
The Land of Opportunity Down Under: Australia
Saudi the Kingmaker: Gaza, Trump & a New Middle East with Andrew Maxwell
The Behavioural Budget: How Tax Shapes Us
The Art of Creation with The Edge - Part Two
The Art of Creation with The Edge
What is Radical Politics?
Culture Wars in the West, Alliances in the East
Who Owns the Flag? From the American Revolution to Charlie Kirk
The Economics of Golf
From Cod to Culture: What Inishmore Teaches Us About the Experience Economy
Could the GAA Solve Ireland’s Housing Crisis?
Deepfakes, Big Tech, and the Coming AI Crash?
France on the Brink: Debt, Drama, and a Possible Sixth Republic
Economics in a Tent: Live at Electric Picnic 2025
Is America The Richest Third World Country?
Germany, 10 Years After “Wir Schaffen Das”, What Really Happened? with Katja Hoyer
The Nationalisation of the New Home Market
Ukraine at the Crossroads: From Donetsk to the Garrison State
Ireland is a Hostage to Fortune
America’s Dutch Disease: How Debt Became the World’s Hottest Export
From The Godfather to the Blockchain: How Easy Money Seduced Wall Street (and the White House)
Japan: Lost in Translation Part Two
Japan: From Feudal Isolation to Economic Superpower
Generation Rent: How Housing Costs Are Exporting Ireland's Future
Did Europe Just Surrender to Trump?
When the West Woke Up: How Yugoslavia Fell Apart
Why Ireland Must Rethink Its Economic Future; Fast
The Ghosts of Yugoslavia: Borders, Bankers & Balkan Ghosts
Can We Cope With This Level of Immigration?
Who Wants to Live Forever? The Economics of Immortality, Tech Bros & Tír na nÓg
Trieste and the City of the Future
Who Killed the Living City?
Content, Culture & the Bottom Line: How Finance is Killing the Avant-Garde
Has the Balance of Global Power Just Shifted to Israel?
The Dollar, the Ape & the End of an Empire
Memoirs of an Arab Jew
The Islamic Enlightenment
The Hanseatic League: Europe’s First Free Trade Zone
Will America’s Debt Crash the Global Economy?
From Bolsheviks to Bolt: The Tallinnovation Nation
Creativity in the Cul-de-Sac: Why the Suburbs Won
Spain’s Miracle Economy: What They Got Right (That We Didn’t) with Joe Haslam
The Bilbao Blueprint
The Moody Blues: No More Finance Bros in LA
The Battle for Africa with Pumi Mashigo
Trump’s New Enemies: Billionaires, Big Pharma & Bibi?
A Letter from Africa with Simon Kuper
Inflation for Losers with Mark Blyth
How Canada Became the Anti-Trump Blueprint
Slowing Down in an Age of Acceleration with Elif Shafak
The Art of Taxation: How a Crisis Could Save Your City
Popeonomics?
The New Great Game?
Paris, Power & Picking Sides: Europe’s Awakening in a MAGA World
The Molly Bloom Model: Why Economies Should Say Yes
The Nike Economy: Why Vietnam Is America’s Hidden Factory Floor
Tariffs & Other Fantasies
The Economics of Employee Ownership
Jeffrey Goldberg Has Entered the Chat
Did Ferris Bueller Predict the Trade War?
Why Do Good People Make Bad Decisions?
Trump's First 65 Days
Trump, Putin & McGregor: Ukraine & the New World Order with Olesya Khromeychuk
The Doonbeg Doctrine: Trump and the Chaos Economy
Is America the Next Big Short? With Michael Lewis
Germany Wakes Up: Britain Breaks Out
Casement, Congo & the Comeback of Empire: Is Trump Reviving Imperialism?
The King’s Gambit: DIY Declan, Trump’s Market Meltdown & Musk’s 18th-Century Twin
Deutschland Dilemma: Voting Blocs, Power Shocks & the Bundeswehr Rocks with Katja Hoyer
MAGA, Mercantilism & Mass Extinction: The Economics of a Shifting World Order
The Second Republic: Reinventing Ireland for the Future
The End of the Affair - Europe and America's Nasty Divorce
The Economics of the Merchant of Venice: Lessons from an Empire of Trade
Hard Liquor, Soft Power: The Death of Proportionality
Trump, Tariffs & the Gold Rush: The McKinley Playbook
The Population Paradox: Growth, Crisis, and the Global Economy
DeepSeek, Deep State or Deep Pockets? Karen Hao on China’s AI Power Play
From Fartcoin to Trumpcoin: How Memes and Tokens Are Redefining Power and Wealth
The Coming IMF Bailout of Britain!
The MAGA Era: Irish America’s New Identity
King Trump and the Bubble Economy
Monsignor Joe Rogan and the Tech Bro Confessions: Risk, Bubbles, and MAGA Tailwinds
The Epiphany: What Joyce, the Dead, Musk and Twitter Teach Us About Economic Power
America’s $30 Trillion Gamble: How Debt Could Rewrite the Global Economy
Runways to Reality: How Airports Reflect the World Around Us
Swiftonomics and Centrist Dads: 2024 in Review
Putin’s Empire, the West’s Game: Revisiting Bill Browder’s Insight on Russia
AI, Feudal Overlords, and the Fight for the Future: A Conversation with Martin Wolf
The Bro-tocracy Rises: Top 10 World-Changing Events of 2024
The Prosperity Paradox: Ireland’s Boom, Europe’s Bust, and the Price of Success
What's Next for Syria?
The Economics of the Miracle on 34th Street
National Capitalism: A New Era of Economic Survival?
Syrian Warnings,Irish Limitations, Japanese Solutions
From Beijing to the Box Room: The Global Forces Locking Out a Generation
The Octagon Versus the Putting Green
Immigration, Housing & Trump's Shadow
Mars Bar-isation of the Irish Electorate & Other Yarns
What's Happening in Germany?
The Trump Epoch: Entering a New Supercycle
The Trumpquake: Power, Divisions, and a New World Order
Power and Plutocracy: Have we Reached Peak Billionaire?
Trump 2.0: Should Ireland Be Worried?
Scotland The Brave
Is Your City Dying?
America at a Crossroads: Trump, Power, and the Future of U.S. Democracy
Are Strong Institutions Enough? Unpacking the Nobel Prize in Economics
Could Sanctions Against Israel become a Reality?
Culture vs. Economics: The Battle for America's Political Soul with Thomas Frank
Fuelling the Fire: Middle East Tensions and Ireland's High Cost-Energy Crisis
Middle East on the Brink: Where are the Adults?
The Tragedy of the Middle East: A Letter from Lebanon
Can Draghi's €800 Billion Plan Save Europe from Decline?
Germany on the Brink: Economic Fragility, Immigration Tensions, and the Rise of the Right
The Vinyl Comeback: How Records Survived Streaming
An Apple A Day Keeps The Taxman Away
Hitler’s Plan to Destroy Britain with Counterfeit Money – from Money: A Story of Humanity
From Poetry to Punches: Ireland’s Journey from Michael D. to McGregor
A Letter from America with Jim Chanos
What Taylor Swift & Oasis Tickets Tell Us About The Economy!
Arab Disunity: From Ancient Rifts to the Gaza Conflict
A Kick In The Jackson's Hole
Economics of Trust: What's Next for the UK?
Can Ireland Fix Its Infrastructure Crisis Before It's Too Late?
How to Destroy a Country: Venezuela with Noah Smith
Can Dublin Avoid the Donut Effect?
The Downward Spiral of Upward Social Mobility
Inside the Head of the FED
Inheritance Tax & The Curse of the Silver Spoon
The Napster of Finance: A Revolut-ion
Kamala's Cash, Vance's Chance, and Biden's Big Exit
Ireland's Population Boom: Opportunity or Crisis?
A Day In The Life Of Abed Salama with Nathan Thrall
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History Of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
Beyond The Wall; Life In The GDR With Katja Hoyer
From Millers to Influencers: Navigating the New Economy
A young Irish economist and a Nobel prize winner walk into a bar....
Blazers Vs. High Viz Jackets
The Economics of Irish Restaurants
Sold Down the River
Common Sense is Coming Home!
Christiane Amanpour in Conversation
A Live Podcast Straight from Dalkey!
Decoding Global Markets with Dave Tilson
Neoliberalism, my arse!
Tomorrows World: Living With AI
Enemies to Lovers: The Conversation We Really Should Be Having Ahead of The European Elections
Independence Day for the UK, again?
Recognise Palestine, Now What?
The Price is Wrong with Brett Christophers
Can the Premier League Teach Us About the Future of the UK Economy?
2024:40 The Opium Wars
2024:39 Letter from America with Evan Solomon
2024:38 Rich in Poor Houses
2024:37 The Rwanda-isation of Ireland
2024:36 Cod & Chips: The Story of Irish/Italians
2024:35 The Political Fallout of Housing
2024:34 Istanbul: The Centre of our World
2024:33 The Future is Turkish!
2024:32 Humanomics
2024:31 What Elon's travails tell us about the New Cold War?
2024:30 Common Law or Common Sense? Nimbyism's Grip on Housing
2024:29 Eat the Rich with Nick Hanauer
2024:28 The Souk Versus The Citadel with Bassem Youssef
2024:27 Sam Bankman Fried and Male Over-Confidence with Michael Lewis
2024:26 The Curse of Inheritance
2024:25 Should We Copy The Swiss Or Is That Too Cheesy?
2024:24 The Dehumanisation of Curiosity
2024:23 The Economics of the Creative Mind with Ed Guiney
2024:22 The Irish Government, as trustworthy as a Kate Middleton photo-album?
2024:21 Bitcoin is Still Not Money
2024:20 Why Is China Getting So Rich?
2024:19 ADHD Nation
2024:18 Stuck in 1980s
2024:17 What is Éire Accelerationism and Why Does it Matter? with Will O'Brien
2024:16 The Joy of Maths with Colm O'Regan
2024:15 The Murder of Navalny - What's Next for Putin and Europe?
2024:14 A Climate Warning from the Past
2024:13 The Return of the Kennedys with Pippa Malmgren
2024:12 Unveiling the Drivers of the World Economy with Martin Wolf
2024:11 The Bitter Lessons of Brexit with Martin Wolf
2024:10 The Gen Z Gender Schism
2024:09 Public Sector Productivity, Who Pays?
2024:08 People Before Bonnet
2024:07 Javier Milei and Understanding the Political Extremes Part One
2024:06 The Problem of Success and Why We Need To Change Our Minds
2024:05 Protecting Global Trade - the Economics of the Houthi Problem
2024:04 How Culture and Language Leads to Economic Growth
2024:03 The End of the Starsky & Hutch Super-Cycle
2024:02 The Year of Insurrection
2024:01 The Economic Growth Equation & the Great 2023 Book Review
2023 in review
The shifting political landscape - a conversation with Naomi Klein
The economics of imagination
What happens in Vegas!!
Bitcoin is back, why?
The Paradox of Prudence
Putin's Back!
Shane MacGowan, the Diaspora and the coming 2nd Irish Republic.
Liberal democracy under threat?
Riots in Dublin and the Power of Crowds
What does Argentina’s U-turn mean?
The Economics of the AI Revolution
Why 1923 still Matters
The World in 2024. The NATO-Sphere
BiBi Netanyahu - The Most Important Politician in America
A live podcast straight from Kilkenomics
The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt4
We need to talk about the pay gap
The Roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt3
The impending commercial property crash
The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt2 (1967-1993)
When Mantras Replace Hard Thinking: The Case of the Irish Budget
The roots of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict pt1
US interest rates: What's driving them?
Brexit: the cost of reality
The September Rate Spike - Is it Time to Worry?
Argentina: An economic and now, political car crash. Its worse than you think
Why Ireland should copy Vienna
Are we at the 4th turning?
The ECB on Trial
Swedenomics
Crouch, Bind, Set! & G20 economics
How India became the coming power
The tragedy of state outsourcing
Uncovering Portugal
Ireland is a teenager in a geriatric home
We need to invest now, or face the consequences
The end of the Chinese financial miracle?
Poland rising
The Easiest Way to Rob a Bank is to Run It
The Reign in Spain
Is the DeGrowth Movement the future?
The Economics of Oppenheimer
Sinead, Music and Stone Age Economics
How Italy became anti-fragile
Insiders VS Outsiders
The Tyranny of Nostalgia
Has the FED done the impossible? Is a soft landing coming?
Bastille Day Special: What makes France tick?
The Recession that Isn't Happening
What's happening in Germany
Fiscal Incontinence!
European evolution, train tales and the history of mathematics
A Russian Revolution?
Searching for America with David Brooks
Why modern cities need to look at the 19th century for inspiration
The Unionist strategy against Irish Unity: Poverty
The Economics of Football seen through the eyes of Logan Roy
The opioid crisis in America is coming to Europe
Why more interest rate hikes are coming and Irish census revelations
Follow the money
Why the Federal Reserve is stuck in a "cul de sac", and what it means for you.
What you know about Western civilization is wrong
The Coming Great Crash?
This is the most important week in the Ukraine war - and global geo-politics as a whole
A Coming US Default?
American Bank Carnage part 2
How does the UK recover financially?
The Dream Economy
Civilization and the planet
The Paradox of Prudence
Feed your Brain
Biden, Relationships VS interests & Contemplations from TED
The benefits of longterm thinking in the TikTok age
Why negativity took over the news cycle
Global Irish Soft Power
It's Easter, Ramadan, Passover take your pick! We head to Jerusalem, spiritual home of all three religions.
Why a country can be rich on paper, but feel poor in reality
China plays chess, while Russia plays poker
The Next Global Banking Crisis is Here
Apartment Living Cures Housing Viruses
Bank Carnage
On St Patricks Day, a US State of the Nation special with Bernie Sanders
SVB Bank Run. Is 2023 a re-run of 2008?
The UK is stuck in a political, economical and social cul de sac is there a way out?
The end of economists
Russia - A Giant Hostage Situation?
Addressing land capture and the new face of the world bank
In defence of Democracy
The housing fix might be here - if we hold strong
The great China/USA breakup
Immigration Part 2: Is immigration a class issue?
Bonus episode: Why prices fluctuate - the impact of interest rates on our lives
Why are some countries more successful than others?
The case for immigration
Creating a new Currency
In Praise of Cathedral Thinking
Things Learnt Half way up the Alps
Around the world, 30 year olds are getting screwed
The view from Kyiv - Part 2
Letter from Kyiv
Unmasking cryptocurrency from both a financial and technological standpoint
The story of money
Reframing the housing crisis
A hard look at the return of Inflation - and why it hasn't been transitory
Irish Argentine
The UK’s transformation in 2022
Bonus episode: The economics of movies
Ukraine economics - Before & after the war
The new phase of the economy and short trading explained
The end of competence
Adam Smith was wrong: we need to diversify, not specialize
The End of a 14-year Bull Market
Finding Russia’s Remote Killers
The great crypto collapse
Planning for 10 Million people
The nature of money
Letter from America
Tech Feudalism with Yanis Varoufakis
How the world changes with interest rates - Live from Kilkenomics
Is Ukraine a distraction for a Taiwan takeover? - With Angelica Oung
Housing market shifts and tech stock carnage - With Katie Martin
Bonus episode: How to thrive in these turbulent times
The house price horror show - With Vinjeru Mkandawire
The UK’s fall from grace, it's not about politicians, it's about policy.
We might already be in World War 3 - it’s just not what you thought it would look like - With Pippa Malmgren
London Calling! - With Mark Blyth
Why central bankers want higher unemployment
The new energy reality
UK experiments & Irish stability
The crucial link between the planet and your pension
UK chaos and bond doom loop
Endgame for Putin?
Is Liz Truss the leader of a Doomsday Cult?
Populism might not be what you think
With interest rates going up, housing market is heading down
How inflation in the 1970s brought us to our current situation - and what we can do about it
The Queen is dead. What now for her kingdom?
Lizz Truss: Friend or Foe? And the state of the UK nation
How it all came down: The story of the last leader of the USSR
The Chinese property bubble has just burst, here’s what you need to know
With Euro/dollar below parity, lets talk exchange rates
Weedenomics
Financing a Revolution: The economics of Michael Collins
The Economics of Music
Why the housing crisis can undo 30 years of economic growth
How behavioural economics and personalization shapes your life
The Return of Malthus?
Taiwan and the Global Economy (With Angelica Oung)
Is Putin winning?
Why Manufacturing Matters
Why the Italian government crumbled
How & why recessions happen
The Coming Currency Crises. Are you safe?
What China’s shock recession means for you!
The new financial era is here for a coming world where there will be more Nigerians than Europeans
The end of Boris Johnson and the British Inconsistent Triplet
In conversation with Gary Shteyngard
People have the Power
The future of the internet with Tim O’Reilly
The transformation of Ireland and what comes next
We don’t know ourselves - A conversation with Fintan O’Toole
The future of the internet economy with Stripe co-founder: John Collison
The 2nd Atomic Age
Inflation returns (kinda), what would James Joyce think?
Platinum Jubilee, Sordid Slavery
What hairdressers and Lobster Thermidor tell us about the economy, employment and inflation
Putin and the long game against the West
Brexiternity - the only way the Tories to stay in power
There's great dryin' in that wind!
A Global Perfect Storm
Living with inflation, the story of Turkey
Coins and Crypto Carnage
Scandinavian Models
The coming interest rate crusade against inflation?
The Death of Distance - direct from Inis Meain
What can the Reformation tell us about Twitter, Martin Luther, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin?
The Biggest Question in Economics - How exactly does and economy grow or contract?
The centre just held in France, but with houses prices out of control, will it here?
The third world debt crisis is going to affect you
231 - Germany's dreadful choice & Elon Musk's “Chaos monkey” moment
230 - How to save democracy
229 - Pipes, Pumps and Putin. The Energy Crisis is here.
228 - The uncomfortable reality of our energy future
227 - Crunch Time for Energy
226 - REITs and the possible end of Russia
225 - The economics of energy
224 - The Resurgence of the Liberal order
223 - China at a tipping point
222 - Odessa - the vibrant symbol of urban irreverence and why it irritates Putin so much.
221 - Why climate change is an investment, not a cost
220 - Russian sanctions explained with Sony Kapoor
219 - Women in economics
218 - Russian sanctions & Wartime speculations
217 - The Economics of the War
216 - Russia/Ukraine and where we go next
215 - Are interest rates the solution to inflation?
214 - Are the central banks working for you? Or big money?
213 - How do we solve the inflation problem?
212 - The full shilling? The case for crypto as a speculative asset - but a currency, eh no!
211 - Understanding inflation through the man behind the FED in America
210 - Russian tensions explained & pub economics
209 - If global warming is the question, free public transport is the answer
208 - Breaking down the metaverse & why we we need to disconnect
207 - What's happening in finance, why all the crashing? Plus, the key to unlocking the Irish economy
206 - Is it Last call for Boris Johnson?
205 - Can the centre hold?
204 - The Origin of Covid. Where precisely did it come from?
203 - Is this the year crypto crashes?
202 - The Washington Putsch - One Year on
201 - The World at a Tipping Point
200 - The economics of Nighttime. Why we need more not less, socializing!
199 - the Central banks have spoken… what does it mean?
198 - The economics of Football
197 - The changing political landscape in Ireland & the UK
196 - The Russian crisis that nobody saw coming
195: The economics that made America
194 - What happens now?
193 - Comparing innovation between the US and Europe with Michael Fertik
192 - Movement: markets, people and viruses
191 - China and America's latest Sputnik moment
190 - The housing crisis solution is going to be imperfect
189 - When money dies: Notes on hyperinflation, currency manipulation and Ponzi schemes, plus who is with who in the new Middle East
188 - Lessons from Oslo: How to create green innovation
187 - The return of inflation
186 - The myths of dereliction - and how to fight back
185 - Inflation, leverage and the ecological warning from the vikings
184 - The Climate Change Opportunity
183 - What’s next for Germany and why it matters; plus the life of journalist Robert Fisk
182 - Why now is the time to go for a wage rise!
181 - Is Cryptocurrency the silver bullet to inflation?
180 - Money and inflation - What to make of the current rising costs
179 - The crossroad between a Mad Max or a Star Trek Future
178 - Tinder for ideas and the new corporate tax rate implications
177 - Is China the new Japan?
176 - Britain's coming Winter of Discontent
175 - Conversation with the brilliant behavioural economist Dan Ariely
174 - The Housing Price Theory of Everything
173 - Evergrande implosion and the economics of Colonialism
172 - The Economics of Casement, Carson, Congo and Colonialism
171 - Inflation: why it's personal
170 - A few thoughts from Dubai and what Sally Rooney and the points race can tell us about the elite and elite overproduction?
169 - The great Chinese closedown
168 - Thoughts on the new Irish housing plan
167 - Education for the brave new world
166 - Taliban Tremors
165 - Afghanistan, from the perspective of people who are & have been there with Nelofer Pazira Fisk
164 - Russia after Putin with political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky
163 - The Edge & Brian Cox go beyond the music
162 - The politics of catastrophe with Niall Ferguson
161 - Sitting down with Bernie Sanders
160 - The economics of love (Best of)
159 - Dante and the economics of the 14th century
158 - Economics at a crossroad with Mark Blyth & Eric Lonergan
157 - Mid-year review with Paul Donovan
156 - Get on board with ESG or else!
155 - Is Cuba in the middle of a regime change
154- The economics of climate change, the coming resource wars and what we can do about it.
153 - Follow the Money: Why is the government selling the Bank of Ireland cheaply and why now?
152 - The NYtimes is wrong - Ireland is not a tax haven
151 - Reimagining cities post COVID
150 - Rich Man/Poor Man with Stephanie Kelton & Marla Dukharan
149 - Let’s talk Pride, is there a gay economy?
148 - Is the political centre back?
147 - The housing market by the numbers
146 - The Great Caste War
145 - Kamikaze Kapitalism
144 - What is Money? With Eric Lonergan
143 - G7, global corporate taxes & Disrupting the building sector
142 - Value is created in the mind with Rory Sutherland
141 - Is Bitcoin a bubble or the currency of the future - or can it be both? Part.2
140 - Is Bitcoin a bubble or the currency of the future - or can it be both? Part.1
139 - Boring but radical: How Biden is getting it done
139 - The UK’s new economic approach
138 - Global panic buying & inflation
137 - Israel and Palestine, explained, put into perspective and hopefully made more clear with Tom Friedman
136 - What the Pope told Mack!
135 - Vultures, cuckoos, pigeons - what's with all these avian funds?
134 - Lessons from the Great Depression
133 - The beauty of discovering numbers
132 - Pulling up the drawbridge
131 - What will your Spotify Moment look like? Learning from the music industry
130 - The end of Neo-Liberalism & economic super-cycles explained with Dario Perkins
129 - No one is safe until everyone is safe
128 - Clinging to power, what's the next move?
127 - By 2030 there will be more female millionaires in the world than men. Change is coming.
126 - The end of the road for the Irish corporate tax advantage?
125 - When China flexes. Is Taiwan Asia's Berlin wall?
124 - Where is the "lockdown dividend"? Joe Biden the economic revolutionary - plus its Vespa time!
123 - Our hyper-integrated world. Suez canal, supply chain fragility & the death of traditional recessions!
122 - Its time for a buyer’s strike
121 - The Psychology of the Far Right
120 - Cease and desist. Get out of the housing market right now, plus the 5 fundamental ways cities are changing
119 - The Economic Revolution is here
117 - Learning from the master innovator Johannes Gutenberg
116 - White collar crime, why vaccines are destiny, & the miraculous resurrection of Boris Johnson
115 - The War on Drugs has failed, stop it.
114 - Building back better
113 - Bidenomics, why we should not worry about inflation and embracing economic heres
112 - How Ireland really works!
111 - The future of the City
110 - Going Dutch, London's Brexit losses and what's the story with Bitcoin?
109 - The fallout from economic mania & the conventional thinking trap with Tom Bergin
108 - How to fix the housing market
107 - Wall Street and the Short Selling Revolution Part 2
106 - Wall Street, Game Stop and the Short Squeeze Revolutionaries!
105 - The Rentier Economy
104 - Doughnut Economics
103 - Doc Martins, the financialization of the global economy, IPO's, inequality and Joe Biden's political agenda
102 - The last day of Trump
101 - How to end this Lockdown for good!
100 - American Carnage and its radicalized Middle
The Brexit Dividend - for everyone bar Britain!
Every Day is Crucial!
Christmas Podcast
Investor or Speculation? Tech, market madness & the cost of mistakes
When Scotland Rises
Beyond Brexit. What does the post-Brexit world look like?
Meritocracy - Scourge or Salvation
Brexit and much more with Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England
The end of the car park
"Hand of pod" - The Maradona Generation
The World in 2021
the fallout from COVID
Show me the money
“Don’t cry for me Great-Brit-Annia” - to be sung imagining Boris Johnson channelling his inner Elaine Page
Lets talk about unemployment
Outside it’s America!
Orange is the new Red
A Good Day to hide Bad News!
Market & Politics - Why Who Wins Matters & Why It Doesn’t
Skin in the Game
The Funeral of Austerity & the Return of Brexit, plus when an Opel Jersey walked into the Tate Gallery!
A gem of a Letter from America with the brilliant Tom Frank
How will Trump getting Covid affect the campaign, and why Ireland’s youth should determine the budget.
Economics at a tipping point
How the UK breaks up….lessons from the Balkans, plus Trump’s possible road to victory
Back to Brexit
The American divide and the Vaticanization of the ECB
Cryptocurrency & the future of money
How history shapes current policies
The 15 minute city
Angrynomics - Why its okay to be mad about the current economic crisis and what we can do about it
How bonds not bombs liberated Ireland
Living in interesting times and how best to think of it
Taxes, urine & wealth creation
From "the craic economy" to the annexation of the West Bank
Black Swans & Black lists
The enormous potential of free money and the illusion of a V shaped recovery
Addressing generational wealth inequality
Skin deep
Tribal voices
America burns, Ireland’s potential reset and the end of Fianna Fáil?
Unconventional thinking: its enemies & why it is important
We are living through a Pandession
Leaving Cert - the Irish equivalent of national service. Covid in the Caribbeans & what Judy Garland tells you about monetary economics.
The extreme urgency of now
Why economics is not a cult, negative oil prices, Newcastle United, Altar boys, America’s reckoning and gay hit men! Whats not to love?
What’s Next? Lessons from the Great Depression, avoiding bad economics, reading the markets’ tea leaves & the youth surge.
What’s Next? The frugal four, antibody testing and post-COVID changes
The Anatomy of a Pandemic
Macroeconomics for a Globalized World
The economics of the possible
Beyond money - Why livelihoods matter most
Lockdown, Herd immunity & helicopter money
Corona goes Global
Got you face mask yet?
Germany is changing - and Europe should take notice
The battle for the soul of Fianna Fail (if there is such a thing) and are we witnessing China’s Chernobyl?
Storm Shinner
Stats, polls & elections
The Giant Global Housing Swindle
Why traffic is like gas, not liquid
Irish elections and the differences between Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil
USA, IRAN and the 3 M’s that precede wars
Special episode: Welcome to the Third Decade of the 21st century
The economics of love
Boris Johnson, the last PM of the UK?
Why the British election is about so much more than who will be the next PM. It’s about the very fabric of British society - explained with FT chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley - one is the sharpest political minds covering the UK right now
Populism and the evolution of Ireland - Live From Vicar street
Impeachment explained and the polarization of US politics with professor Bill Black
A hard look at the human impact of the housing crisis
Economics and the law of unintended consequences
What does a post-meat world means for society and the economy?
Is the age of the job over?
Brexit - are we there yet? Plus, how the map of the Mid East has been redrawn in the week - all brought to you from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
Brexit endgame: a plot summary
We need to fix the root problem: wealth inequality
How to get ready for globalization 3.0
Out of Africa
A future warning from past cities!
Boris Johnson is not a politician, he’s a gambler
Curious minds - Discussing Turkey and losing democracy with Ece Temelkuran
The Fragility of democracy and why winner takes all economics has led to the rise of populism
Trade wars, amazon fires & the unexpected consequences of economics
Ireland, Brexit and the Great British Breakoff, from Britsplaing to Explaining and lots more in between!! Enjoy
Are we heading towards a global economic slowdown?
Trying to untangle Iran and the Middle East relationships
Curious minds - Discussing the evolution of journalism and technology with Tom Friedman
China's unique approach to foreign influence
The next phase of Brexit through its history, its psychology and its economics
Why healthy economies are inherently unstable not inherently stable!
The failed war on drugs
Understanding China's trade wars, Brexit and Tianammen Square through the lens of Japanese history
A guide to understanding Germany
Why it’s time to move Dublin Port
International property cycles
Trump’s tariffs explained & the new tech cold war
Exploring the ramifications of a united Ireland
Special episode: A sit down with Bernie Sanders
US politics, the fed, AOC & quantitative easing
Shadow banks & Dublin's crane epidemic
Black Irish & European elections
Is Brexit good or bad for Ireland?