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David McWilliams

http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie

DavidMcWilliams.ie is the blog of economist, broadcaster and author, David McWilliams who has written two best selling books on the Irish economy.

• Added on: Mar 4th, 2008
• Country: Ireland
• Language: English

• Author: David McWilliams
• Listed in: Journalists International Affairs
• Tags: author Ireland economics current affairs irish broadcaster

Recent Posts

• Ghettoisation of the nation

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 12:43 in housing, articles, unemployment, sunday business post

  Last Friday’s 9.55am train from Limerick pulled out on time, hurtling towards the ‘Junction’. As we sped past the waterlogged land on a beautiful morning, commuters on the train were going about their business as normal, reading about the treac...

• State should start printing money to rescue economy

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 02:05 in articles, property market, irish independent, monetary supply

  Did you know that our country’s housing wealth has shrunk at a rate of €142.8m per day since the peak of the boom in 2007? This is a catastrophic figure because housing wealth was one of the key drivers of spending, and domestic spending is w...

• Bank policies leaving us deflated

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 16:16 in articles, inflation, deflation, sunday business post

  Is the world heading for deflation or inflation? If you talk to serious investors and long-term followers of economic trends, this is the big question. As in the boom – when the major conundrum was whether we could continue borrowing and spendi...

• Forget the past – we must take control of our future

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 07:13 in articles, debt, banks, irish independent

  Sometimes we can be an extremely vindictive society. In times of trouble, there’s often a dreadful clamour for vengeance. As a general rule, it seems sensible to avoid those who seek recrimination and punishment for those who made mistakes; alt...

• Meet David and Follow The Money

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 18:47 in follow the money

  David will be touring around Ireland over the next month giving talks followed by a Q&A session for his new book, Follow The Money. All are welcome. Dublin, 17th November Waterstone’s, Dawson Street, Dublin (google map) Time: 6.30pm Limeric...

• Worst-case scenario looms

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 01:23 in articles, eu, nama, aib, sunday business post, bank of ireland, irish banks

  Which one of the two big banks will be nationalised first? This sounds fanciful, but events in the last few days suggest that the perception of the Irish banks has changed profoundly – for the worse – and nationalisation is on the cards. ...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

Bryan Kavanagh

Thoroughly enjoyed the first episode your "Addiction to Money" on Australia's ABC1 in yesterday, David!
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Posted: November 6th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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