Mr 5%: The Armenian Who Invented the Oil Industry and Gave It All Away
Calouste Gulbenkian never drilled a well, never owned a rig, and still died the richest man in the world. We follow the Armenian fixer from...
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The David McWilliams Podcast
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...
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20 of 706 episodesThe End of The Housing Crisis?
Dublin prices have fallen 5.2% last year, the biggest drop since 2014, and the buyer's strike is real. The premium over asking has shrunk fr...
Are Teenagers Getting Dumber?
15-year-olds across the OECD are now testing at levels last seen among 14-year-olds a decade ago, we've lost a full year of cognitive abilit...
The Welfare State vs Immigration: What Ireland's Numbers Actually Say
Can a generous welfare state and large-scale immigration coexist? Fresh research says it depends on who arrives and what kind of welfare sta...
Xi vs Trump: Inside the Chinese Economic Machine
Trump and Xi sit down in Washington today, but the real story is how China actually built its economic juggernaut. China expert Yanmei Xie b...
The Ed Sheeranisation of Irish Economic Policy
This episode provides a midterm assessment of the Irish economy, exploring the disconnect between record-breaking macroeconomic data and the...
Pacing the Frontier: Global Capital, Bond Markets, and the AI Pivot
There has been a transition from a world of abundant capital to one of scarcity. With the rising interest rates across the US, UK, and Franc...
The Death of the Night-Time Economy: Why Ireland is Closing Down After Midnight
This week, we analyse the collapse of Ireland's night-time economy, noting that 2,205 pubs, one in four nationwide, have closed since 2005....
Fairway Diplomacy: How Golf Became Ireland's Secret Weapon Against Trump
Donald Trump touches down in Doonbeg this weekend for the Irish Open at his own golf course, and we're asking whether Ireland should protest...
Germany’s Seismic Shift: The Rise of the AfD
A deep dive into the AfD’s 44% victory in Saxony-Anhalt and its implications for the European Union. We analyse the collapse of Germany’s po...
The AI Culture Wars
We explore the new ideological divide between Silicon Valley’s techno-optimists and institutional economists like Daron Acemoglu. Will AI dr...
Ireland's Immigration Numbers Don't Add Up And Housing Is Paying the Price
Our population's just hit 5.5 million, and 72% of that growth is migration, not births. Five years ago 57% of work permits went to doctors,...
Jackson Hole Reckoning: The $40 Trillion Debt Crisis and the End of Fiscal Exceptionalism
As global central bankers convene for the Jackson Hole symposium, the interrogation of American fiscal credibility takes center stage. With...
How A Massacre Created Modern Capitalism: The Huguenot Legacy
On the anniversary of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, we explore the extraordinary economic impact of the French Huguenots. Discover how...
20 Years Since the Celtic Tiger: Why the Irish Banking System is Still Broken
August 2006 marked the beginning of the end for the Celtic Tiger, but the legacy of that crash continues to stifle the Irish economy today....
The Chief Rule Breaker: David Gardner on Beating the Market
I first came across The Motley Fool while working in the "bulge bracket" banks of the late 90s, where the goal was often to keep the public...
The Caveman and That Dunsinking Feeling
We mark Mack's 60th birthday by tackling the systemic paralysis of the Irish housing market. We examine the "CAVE" phenomenon: Citizens Agai...
The Yen Dollar Euro Salad
We explore the US Treasury’s unprecedented decision to prop up the Japanese Yen by selling Euro assets, a move that bypassed the ECB and sha...
AI Deflation: The New Railway Crash?
Tech bros promise a miracle, but history warns of a bubble. We explore how AI-driven deflation could trigger a global debt meltdown, startin...
What Does The Ceuta Incident Mean For Europe?
This week, we’re diving into a story that wasn't on anyone’s bingo card: 50,000 people breaching one of the most fortified borders in the wo...