David Mcwilliams

About

David McWilliams is a global economist, bestselling author, documentarian, broadcaster and podcaster. A former central banker, with over 400K social followers, David is the 8th most followed economist in the world and is widely regarded for his engaging approach to economic concepts as he strives to demystify economics and to make the topic accessible to audiences worldwide. His weekly economics podcast has notched up over 36 million downloads. Relentlessly accurate, he was one of the very few economists world-wide to actually predict the 2008 crash, Brexit and the emergence of the MAGA movement. His fifth book, Money: A Story of Humanity, named “economics book of the year” by the Financial Times, will be released in the U.S. market on November 11, 2025, after already receiving high praise with its 2024 European release McWilliams founded the world’s only economics and stand-up comedy festival “Kilkenomics”— described by the Financial Times as “simply, the best economics conference in the world.” He also co-founded the Dalkey Book Festival, Ireland’s largest literary & ideas festival and is Adjunct Professor of Global Economics at Trinity College Dublin. David’s approach to explaining economics has made him a much sought-after public speaker. His recent TED Talk on why the world needs less economists and more poets has been viewed over 1 million times. David's write a weekly column for the Irish Times and his work can be seen on www.davidmcwilliams.ie