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David McWilliams
Personal blog · davidmcwilliams.ieeconomicspolitics
David McWilliams's personal blog at davidmcwilliams.ie covers economics and politics. Since 2013, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers cite his blog for analysis of eurozone bailouts, bank contagion and bitcoin bubbles. One commenter recommends his book Money: a story of humanity, linked from the site.
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David McWilliams is an economist, author, podcaster, journalist, documentarian and broadcaster. He hosts The David McWilliams Podcast, which aims to make economics uncomplicated and accessible, and is the founder of the world's only economics and stand-up comedy festival, "Kilkenomics" — described b
What Hacker News says?
The reason the Spanish and Irish bailouts happened in fact was to protect the "contagion" spreading to the banks of the "core" countries. Why? Because German and French banks lent huge sums to periphery countries - which is why the bailouts were forced on them. What you are seeing now is the chickens coming home to roost. http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2012/05/10/financial-contagion...
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on “Deutsche Bank: Germany's Financial Colossus Stumbles”Submitted How a Chinese puzzle could enable the Greeks to have the last laugh as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThis chart might be of use, http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ana... http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2013/11/18/the-view-from-germa... via here. As to where we are in the 'bubble' that's anyone's guess. You just need to be ready when it does crash.
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on “Bitcoin $600”Submitted Ireland is at risk of ‘Dutch disease’ as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI'll confess I haven't read the OP but I find the discussion of money interesting and want to share two great books I read recently that might be of interest: Money: a story of humanity https://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/money The corporation in the 21st century https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300280197/the-corporatio... The first one especially. Every night I read a chapter, and every time I'd remark to my wife how…
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on “On The Conflation of Money and Things”Submitted The most critical objective is to keep businesses afloat as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Will Apple’s effort to buy cool backfire? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted All that tech glitter is not gold as a story · 2 points
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