David McWilliams: How will Ireland fare as world enters a new economic era?Economic growth is like a giant game of Scrabble: diversity is the road to richesSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: The financial tide is going out ... Keep your togs onThe soaring shares of various ‘tech’ companies are crashing. The tide is going outSat Nov 26 2022 - 06:36
David McWilliams: A new united Ireland must plan for a population of 10 millionLike parents shopping for teenagers, we should plan for more not less growthSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: Have you noticed an increase in the number of houses for sale in your area?Property moves much slower than finance but the iron law of money always reasserts itself. When interest rates rise, prices fall. SimpleSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: China will use Russia as its petrol station. This is Russia’s – and maybe Putin’s – lifelineEvents in China this week may seem remote, but they are not. These realignments constitute a threat to many countries, but they also offer a huge opportunity for IrelandSat Oct 29 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: Britain, the former workshop of the world, is now a beggar. It is tragic how far it has fallenRoots of crisis can be traced back to Thatcher experiment, which was a heist by one class and one region over the restSat Oct 22 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: The horror show in the UK is both instructive and a cautionary taleIf the UK, for centuries the home of financial capitalism, can’t stabilise its own bond market, what hope has the rest of the world?Sat Oct 15 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: Opec’s leaders had a choice, and they chose Putin. We shouldn’t be surprisedIt is unlikely that communism in the USSR would have collapsed with oil prices at $60 a barrelSat Oct 08 2022 - 05:05
David McWilliams: Ireland’s financial strategy can be summed up as talking European, walking American, sounding IrishWith a low-tax/high-spend economy, Ireland is where most economies want to beSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: The ‘Ireland is crap’ brigade are way off mark but we need to sort the housing crisisLevels of income inequality between top earners and bottom earners are far better than UK and on par with other EU countriesSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: The property market and its players have changed profoundly since 2008. We are now dealing with a different beastThe fight against inflation will be a long hard slog with severe implications for interest ratesSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:15
David McWilliams: Is Ireland going back to the 1970s when shared baths and immersion neurosis reigned?Families tried to economise, behaviours changed and conserving energy by driving only when necessary and storing candles was commonplaceSat Sept 10 2022 - 04:15
David McWilliams: Watching the Soviet world collapse while living with Gorbachev’s people in RussiaI witnessed the whole Soviet world collapsing from the inside with Gorbachev’s childrenSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: People think because there’s a shortage of property, we will not have a property slump. They’re wrongAs the Robert Troy saga reveals, the nexus of politicians, banks, developers and the land lobby is still firmly in place, over a decade after the crashSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:15
David McWilliams: Economic history reminds us how the world works. Are we paying attention?The Roman Empire had a common currency and frequent credit crises. The euro zone looks to be heading down that same, well-trodden roadSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: Property is driving a dangerous wedge between those who own homes and those who rentProperty is driving a dangerous wedge between those who own homes and those who rentSat Aug 13 2022 - 06:25
David McWilliams: Ireland has lots to lose if Taiwan tensions heightenFinancial ramifications of global trade war with China dwarf anything seen thus far with RussiaSat Aug 06 2022 - 06:05
David McWilliams: Here’s a way to lower houses prices and make all Irish people richerImagine the impact of a wealth fund with €3,005 accruing to every citizen, every year?Sat Jul 30 2022 - 09:36
David McWilliams: Why the next slump will not be anything like as bad as 2008Keep your ear to the ground because, in economic terms, the herd is on the moveSat Jul 23 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: Conditions are ripe for economic, financial and humanitarian crises The smartphone has made the world much smaller. In an interrelated world, it’s impossible to stop people travelling or at least tryingSat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
David McWilliams: Private sector wages are on the way up and profits are on the way downEmployees in many companies today have pricing power which they did not have in the pastSat Jul 02 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Between rent, house prices and Bitcoin betrayal, how much more can the younger generation take?Some of the promises of bitcoin in particular and crypto in general may still come to pass, but right now it looks like an old-fashioned boom-bust cycleSat Jun 25 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Truth is the union with Britain has been an economic calamity for Northern IrelandProtocol at least gives the North a chance to reinvent its economic vision, away from handouts towards something like a normal 21st century economySat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Isn’t it about time we started loving Dublin again?Some landlords don’t have to react with any urgency to vacant premises and might prefer to sit on a property rather than accept lower rentsSat Jun 11 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Hairdressers, plumbers and electricians part of ‘artisanisation’ of workforceDavid McWilliams: Freedom from strictures of traditional jobs empowers a new labour cohortSat Jun 04 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: ‘Putinflation’ has rewritten the economic rulebookThe more the markets fall back to earth, the less chance of the world grinding to a haltSat May 28 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: I have a terrible neighbour, and so do youBoris Johnson doesn’t want to ‘get Brexit done’. He wants to keep Brexit goingSat May 21 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Ultimately, uncontrolled inflation will be followed by a recessionTo understand what is happening, let’s go right back to where money startedSat May 14 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: We face a very different economic picture for next 2 yearsReal wages are falling, mortgage payments will rise and the era of low interest rates seems overSat May 07 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Putin and Musk deploying different methods to achieve powerTraditional top-down hierarchy is losing out to the power of networks and sharingSat Apr 30 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: State has completely lost control of the housing marketSolution to housing crisis is to either cut population through mass emigration or build more homesSat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: If the fuel runs out, what’s Ireland’s back-up plan?Our economy would grind to a halt within days without ready access to dieselSat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Why young Irish are still leaving for London in their drovesIf they’re not leaving because of unemployment, then what is the push or pull?Sat Apr 02 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Should Putin be looking over his shoulder at his own borders?Russia’s vast natural resources are the envy of its neighbours and the engine of its instabilitySat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Irish cost of living has little to do with Putin, and everything to do with landIf we were serious about solving housing inflation, we would be tackling land pricesSat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: To learn how Russia got to this point, follow the moneyEnd of the Soviet Union opened the door for the biggest heist in modern financial historySat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Europe’s crisis a chance to shift away from reliance on Russian fossil fuelsVladimir Putin has personally given the sustainable energy sector its biggest shot in the arm for yearsSat Mar 05 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Putin knows West’s economic strength is its weak spotTrade will have as much bearing as tanks on Ukraine’s endgame, and the West’s hand is weakSat Feb 26 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Dereliction is vandalism and must be stoppedParts of Limerick – potentially a wonderful, liveable city – are literally falling downSat Feb 12 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Government has no instruments to combat inflationWe have to use taxes and spending, both blunt and politically toxic instrumentsSat Feb 05 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Irish cities’ future lies in free public transport, not electric carsMake buses, trains and trams free – and revolutionise Irish transportSat Jan 29 2022 - 06:05
David McWilliams: The rich will own the metaverse. Our children will live in it‘What worries moralists about the future are the very things that are exciting investors’Sat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Irish people are both capitalists and workers at the same timeThe Irish economy – like its people – is multifaceted, shape-shifting and inconsistentSat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Cryptocurrency is patently not real moneyThe history of private money isn’t too sparkling, so why would it be any different now?Sat Jan 08 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: The big events that will affect Ireland in 2022Brexit, Merkel’s departure and a changing China among issues that may affect StateSat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
David McWilliams: How has Biden’s grip on power become so fragile?The president’s social-spending deal might yet be made but the political difficulties cannot be overstatedFri Dec 24 2021 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Licensing laws are strangling our night-time economyVibrant cities need live venues and fewer restrictions on who can sell alcoholSat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
David McWilliams: My builder told me about ‘the inflationary climate’. It must be trueWhen a builder sounds like the IMF, inflation is definitely here. It could be no bad thingSat Dec 11 2021 - 03:00
David McWilliams: If Finland can eliminate homelessness, so can weHousing NGOs could work with builders to identify refurbishment opportunitiesSat Dec 04 2021 - 06:00
David McWilliams: Irish soccer is the winner as Premier League loses its wayAfter generations of playing second fiddle to English divisions, Irish football is looking upSat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00
