David McWilliams is an economist, author, journalist, documentary-maker and broadcaster. He is Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at the School of Business Trinity College Dublin. David is ranked 10th most influential economist in the world.
He has devoted his entire professional life to the objective of making economics as widely available and easily understandable on as many platforms and to as many people as possible –and is having a laugh doing it.
Media:
David writes a weekly column for The Irish Times, and he also regularly contributes to a variety of other publications including The Financial Times and Woodford Investment Management.
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Subjects:
Economic Growth in the Baltics:
McWilliams highlights the rapid economic growth in the Baltic states, contrasting their dynamism with stagnation in other parts of Europe. He explores factors driving this divergence and what it might mean for the broader EU economy
European Monetary Policy:
McWilliams speaks about transformations in European monetary policy, including the influence of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and the impact of U.S. policy shifts under Joe Biden on Europe’s economic direction
Trade and Geopolitics:
He has analyzed the deep economic ties between the EU and its neighbors, such as Israel, emphasizing Europe’s leverage as Israel’s largest trading partner and discussing the potential economic consequences of political conflicts, sanctions, and shifting public opinion within Europe
Brexit and Ireland’s Position:
McWilliams frequently discusses the implications of Brexit, including how Britain’s departure from the EU affects Ireland’s economic opportunities and its positioning as an attractive business hub within Europe
Youth and Labor Markets:
He has advocated for policies to address youth unemployment and called for lifting lockdowns for younger workers in Europe, arguing that they are disproportionately affected by economic downturns
Videos:
Follow the Money | David McWilliams | Talks at Google
Podcasts:
The David McWilliams Podcast
Books
David McWilliams is ranked the 10th most influential economist in the world and as such is a regular Keynote Speaker on the international speaking circuit.
David McWilliams recognises the pivotal role of Economics in all of our daily lives and it is his aim to make the ‘dismal science’ as captivating and accessible as possible. Consistently accurate in his forecasts, David McWilliams was the only economist in Ireland who accurately forecast a strong UK Brexit vote, the Trump victory and the 2008 global crash.
He is Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at Trinity College Dublin. In Ireland he is known as the first economist to identify the Irish boom as nothing more than a credit bubble, warning of its collapse and the consequences for the country. Internationally, he has a reputation as a brilliant public speaker.
David brings economics to life and makes it relevant and understandable to the widest audiences. He is a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum, is a regular contributor to Google’s famed Zeitgeist conference and has been named Ireland’s most influential Twitter user. With the objective to make economics easily digestible and fun, McWilliams draws on his unique sense of humour when he travels the globe speaking on trends in growth, currencies, financial markets and geo-politics.
David has written four bestsellers, presented award-winning documentaries and has even brought economics to the stage, at Ireland’s Abbey Theatre.
He is very active on social media and the third most widely followed economist in the world with 238,000 Twitter followers. He writes a weekly economics column for The Irish Times and is a regular international contributor to the Financial Times.
He is the co-founder of the world’s only economics festival ‘Kilkenomics‘, an eclectic combination of economics and stand-up comedy, described by The Financial Times as “The best economics conference int he world” and maybe more accurately by The Australian as “Davos without the hookers”.
David has recently launched his new online economics course – “Economics without Boundaries” and his series of animated economics videos – Punk Economics – have been viewed by over 2,000,000 people so far.
Once upon a time he had a real job working as an economist first in the Irish Central Bank and later as Chief European Economist at UBS and Head of Emerging Markets Research at Banque Nationale de Paris. He studied economics at Trinity College Dublin and the College of Europe in Bruges.
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