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gracias a ti. Únete a la comunidad kaizen (beta).
This is the English version of this episode. Here’s the Spanish one.
It’s been quite a while since the last international interview on the podcast. But today’s is very, very special. You might have heard me mention my “go-to” Irish economist before… well, he is my guest today: David McWilliams.
David isn’t your typical academic economist hiding behind complex formulas or impenetrable jargon. Quite the opposite. He is a professor and has worked at the Irish Central Bank and in investment banking, but above all, he is an exceptional communicator. He’s the author of several bestsellers and the host of one of my absolute favorite podcasts, The David McWilliams Podcast, where he proves that economics is nothing more—and nothing less—than the story of how we humans interact with one another.
In this chat, we discuss Ireland’s evolution and Europe’s apparent paralysis. We dive into his latest book, Money: A Story of Humanity, and explore money as a revolutionary social technology. We also talk about James Joyce, fiction, the eternal debate between generalists and specialists, and even an Irish band inspired by Dante.
Anyway, I think you can tell—I was really looking forward to this interview, and it was a true honor to speak with him. So, I hope you enjoy as much as I did with this conversation with David McWilliams.
Other interviews in English
- #167 (English) Frédéric Mazzella: BlaBlaCar, pianos the desert and Einstein’s theory of relativity
- #174 (English) Austin Kleon: Creativity, parenting and Don Quixote
Recommended books:
- David McWilliams – Money: A Story of Humanity
- Declan Kiberd, Enrico Terrinoni and Catherine Wilsdon – The Book About Everything: Eighteen Artists, Writers and Thinkers on James Joyce’s Ulysses
- James Joyce – Ulysses
- Rory Carroll – A Rebel and a Traitor
- David Epstein – Range
- Peter Turchin – End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration
- Dante Alighieri – Divine Comedy
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