Economist, podcaster and author patreon.com/davidmcwilliams
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21 Jun 2024
It's brilliant when lots of work finally begins to come together.
My new book, Money: A Story of Humanity will be out on September 12.
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Morning! Today kicks off a big week here with @dalkeybookfest. Mad busy. But if you are interested in all things Russian, don't miss the brilliant @janabakunina below. First hand testimony on a dramatically changing global power & its people.
irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…
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I love this👇
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Canadian Ultras on the terraces before their game with Bosnia tonight
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Canadian Ultras on the terraces before their game with Bosnia tonight
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Ok, I didn't write the headline. Poor form. I should have deleted. But read the article as is quite different to what the headline suggests.
Jun 12
Britain was a saviour for Irish migrants. One of those sons will captain England next week - mailchi.mp/davidmcwilliams/m…
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Britain was a saviour for Irish migrants. One of those sons will captain England next week - mailchi.mp/davidmcwilliams/m…
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Jun 12
Morning, heading to the Lake District for the first lakedistrictbookfestival.co.… - delighted to be in this part of England, never been before. On at same time as the redoubtable @RoryStewartUK, so suspect I might get modest turnout 😉🤣. But if economics is your thing, see you here!
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Jun 11
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@KuperSimon fantastično opisuje Blaterovu i Infantinovu FIFA. Za prvu kaže očigledna korupcija tradicionalnog tipa, a za drugu- korupcija u zakonskim okvirima. Ceo emisija je fenomenalna na @davidmcw podcastu. Topla preporuka za ovo popodne open.spotify.com/episode/3Ax…
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It was wonderful @KuperSimon to chat to you as always. Brilliant commentary on the WC, economics, politics, bit of history and the "football is geometry" quote. Loved it!!
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I talk to @davidmcw on the number one economics podcast about why social democracies (generally from Western Europe) win World Cups shows.acast.com/the-david-mc…
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Jun 9
Morning! Hope to see you in Dalkey end of next week. What started as a chat and basic idea over the kitchen table has turned in something much much bigger.
Have a look at the programme here
dalkeybookfestival.org
We built this festival many years ago and somehow it keeps getting better.
Our favourite week of the year is almost here, see you soon 💕
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Jun 8
Mark Carney proves Donald Trump can win elections outside his own country - mailchi.mp/davidmcwilliams/m…
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Jun 6
Last I gave a talk on the 1926 census
dublincastle.ie/the-story-of…
It got me thinking about my own grandparents who came into Ireland when everyone else was leaving, but also about Harry Kane's sporting DNA & his All Ireland winning grandad👇Hope u enjoy it
irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Jun 5
The first touch...
Bugün bundan tam 31 yıl önce, Davor Šuker Danimarka'ya karşı bu golü atmıştı...
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I remember lads panicking and switching from the pink to the blue paper at the last minute.
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Fascinating testimony from @AngelicaOung from Kashgar.... and she is no friend of the CCP.
Really looking forward to listening to Taiwan's finest in two weeks time @dalkeybookfest
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dalkeybookfestival.org/contr…
Hey Jeremiah, when I went to Kashgar I was in a Uyghur restaurant eating the best lamb skewers of my life. We were the only Han table. Everyone was speaking Uyghur and the menu was bilingual.
The young people in Xinjiang are overwhelmingly secular. Unlike the previous generation, they speak fantastic mandarin. They believe that along with the right to faith, there must be also the right to no faith. The young ladies of Xinjiang are not clamoring to be veiled. The young men of Xinjiang are not upset that they study mainly in mandarin at school…how else are they going to ace the highly-competitive Gaokao exams? Uyghurs and other minorities do get some affirmative action, but it is still very competitive.
The Uyghurs and other minorities in China are living the Chinese dream and blessed compared to the populations of say American allies Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, still effectively monarchies.
As an American citizen I find it sad that we are still doing the moral indignation as statescraft schtick. It’s not working post covid. YOU can go to Xinjiang and see for yourself but you wanna sit in DC and spout propaganda.
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Jun 2
Never knew they covered it....
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Jun 2
Good to see.
DUP’s Tracy Kelly hands over chain of office to new Belfast mayor Róis-Máire Donnelly from Sinn Féin.
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Jun 2
Mounjaronomics!
Fat is an economic issue & the latest podcast is on the economics of weight loss drugs. This is a fascinating area of psychology, sociology, economics, finance and geo-politics.
Hope you enjoy it.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Jun 1
For football nerds who like economics & economic fans who love football! Just finished this by the brilliant @KuperSimon - wonderful. Starting a podcast series on economics of the World Cup & economies of some countries involved. Kicks off with @KuperSimon next Tuesday.
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May 31
Getting mic'ed up last night at @WritersWeek in Listowel. What an amazing festival. Kudos to all involved. And Listowel, what a brilliant town!! Such fun, great conversations and loads of laughs. Thanks for having me. If you haven't been, try get to that festival next year.
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May 29
Hot off the press... @dalkeybookfest programmes just in from the printers. It's brilliant to see all this hard work coming together. We've such an eclectic line up for you, so lucky to live in a country with so many talented writers and thinkers, plus we've thrown in a few international superstars - as always. Hopefully see you in Dalkey. Check out dalkeybookfestival.org for tickets.
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