David McWilliams

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.

@peterfrankopan @collegeofeurope Great idea!

@davidmcw @collegeofeurope Come and do a live podcast ep about the lessons of medieval trade !

Some news I’ve been waiting to share: Next week sees the opening of BRUSK in Bruges - one of the most ambitious new cultural centres in Europe. I’ve spent the last three years as lead curator of its inaugural exhibition 1/6

@peterfrankopan I went to university in Bruges @peterfrankopan ...great city, always looking for a reason to go back @collegeofeurope ...looks like a fab exibition

More about the brand new BRUSK - and the opening exhibition here bruskbrugge.be/en/calendar/ex…

@TheStalwart If you are in Ireland Joe, give me a shout!

In the EU for the first time in, I think, over a decade

@YannisKalpouzos @YannisKalpouzos what book is this from?

Primo Levi visits the U.S., 1985.

It’s worth reading @SineadOS1’s Substack on this and listening to her interview with @davidmcw - and David is right: forget the nitpickers and engage with the big idea. We’re weirdly reluctant in Ireland to think at a system level, forever fighting the symptoms instead.

If you haven't listened to @SineadOS1 on my podcast this week, give it a whirl. She is truly interesting.

@richard_agri no, google tells me you are right!! 😉

This is a good listen and wonderfully heretical. The nitpickers mentioned would likely point out that Rousseau was actually Swiss and not French 😉

@richard_agri Emigrated to Switzerland to escape perscution possibly??

@1MayorForDublin @SineadOS1 we can't cover everything. point taken

@davidmcw @SineadOS1 No mention of the lack of Local Democracy, missing a Real Mayor in Dublin, who can be held accountable and responsible by the electorate and have innovative solutions to our issues

It was my pleasure @SineadOS1. Well worth a listen everyone!

@Simonjkelly Hahaha...ah Simon that's a bit harsh!!😄

I was listing to @davidmcw this morning as I was driving through Ireland on beautiful quiet motorways and I suddenly have a vision. David is the new Joe Duffy...Tell me a tell how bad everything is. The must be money in this misery.

This is brilliant, Sinead running rings around the pedants and nitpickers

@pdboxer @Eamonnmoran @LarryPDonnelly @declanganley @vincentbrowne @SocDems @cooper_m @karldeeter Great to hear than 20 years on, it is still being read!! Thanks.

@davidmcw @Eamonnmoran @LarryPDonnelly @declanganley @vincentbrowne @SocDems @cooper_m @karldeeter Is it still worth reading in 2026 David? For full disclosure I’m currently reading “The Pope’s Children”, loving it, and I’ve already bought about 4 of the titles in between. As soon as I saw “Sliotar Mom” I had to buy that book and then I thought I better start at the start.

Genuine question for those in their 60s+ in Ireland. Do you recognise yourselves here? @LarryPDonnelly @declanganley @vincentbrowne The party that calls this out wins the next GE. @socdems @cooper_m @davidmcw @karldeeter

@JackEireannach @SineadOS1 Oh yes it is nitpicking! In fact, it is an age old tactic of a malign and 3rd rate mind. Engage with the big ideas. As Keynes said "it is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong"😉

@davidmcw @SineadOS1 Pointing out that @SineadOS1 cherry picked data for a chart to fit a narrative is not 'nit picking!'. If you are going to invent your own metrics you better be open to defend them.

We have an absolutely brilliant and urgent conversation on the podcast with @SineadOS1 today. I urge you to listen to it. Attacked by usual suspects. We also explore the role of nitpickers in curbing debate😉. Nitpicking the 1st sign of a 3rd rate mind! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the…

@Aaron74458546 No Aaron, just telling you what is likely to happen!

@davidmcw You advocating for more blockades David?

"Hotter than July" The latest podcast on why July will be a month of mass disruption in Ireland, not just up North but down here too. Disgruntled Truckers, long warm nights, the end of the fuel subsidies, plus the EU Presidency. Chaos time. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/sub…

@BrianQW did they fuck!!!

@davidmcw did they ask first ? youtu.be/55YAf74M16E?is…

@IEAmbZagreb See you there Wendy

Look forward to it!

Morning or Dobro Jutro! The Croatian version of Money - Novac - is out. I love the cover and looking forward to heading to beautiful Zagreb next week to launch it.