David McWilliams3d
Some are getting rich from the housing crisis, because one person’s mortgage is another’s piggy bank
The Programme for Government accepts that rising house prices are a given. Nowhere is the new Government talking about falling house prices over the foreseeable future. It seems to accept this as a ...
David McWilliams10d
If we want less strain on capacity, we should limit immigration to some extent
In April 2022 the Housing Commission estimated a housing deficit of 256,000 homes and the figure has only grown Demography is destiny. The single most important statistic in any developed economy is ...
David McWilliams14d
No single location captures global nature of Irish economy more than Dublin Airport
Think of all the people coming and going. Consider all the ideas, schemes and plans, the commerce, the deals and the dreams.
David McWilliams24d
The United States needs the world more than it thinks, and that’s no bad thing
A country can threaten tariffs and talk tough when it is owed money. When it owes money, that’s a different story. We are heading into a trade war. That’s what the United States wants and that’s what ...
David McWilliams28d
The old gatekeepers have lost control of the message. The implication for politics, democracy and society is enormous
The success of Donald Trump's Maga movement shows what can happen when societal norms shift. Let’s talk about the message, who gets to tell the story, who constructs the narrative and who frames the ...