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Welcome to Punk Economics and new way looking at the economy based on the central idea that what is important is not complicated and what is complicated is never important. I hope you like it. More to come.

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“Nothing undermines your financial judgement more than the sight of your neighbour getting rich” This programme, in Irish, about the Paul Singer stamp swindle in Dun Laoghaire of the 1950s shows that we never learn. View the programme here.

As a break from the budget and the Euro David debates whether Ireland can host the Rugby World Cup. Newstalk’s Off the Ball debate with David McWilliams and Eddie O’Sullivan. Listen to the programme here!

When the family starts talking more about the doctors than the patient, then you know you have a serious problem. Have you noticed that, when a patient is really sick and the prognosis is truly dire, the relations try to console themselves by discussing the quality of the medical staff? This is because, as the…

Citywire Berlin video: David McWilliams on the euro crisis. There are ways out of the European debt crisis, argues Irish economist David McWilliams – it’s just that nobody seems set on pursuing them right now.

Morning from dreary, drizzly Belfast. Just listened to wonderful speech by Will Hutton which I will try to fill you in on. Apologies for not having the usual service of articles up yet on the site. I will try to get to it today but as the SBPost have changed the website I have to…

The presenter chats with economist and broadcaster David McWilliams about his life and career. The full interview is available on the RTE website.