David McWilliams: Australia’s housing crisis looks very like Ireland’s, but it’s not the same
The more people believe property prices can only rise, the more recklessly they behave
As Ireland has become richer, more Irish people are heading to Australia
There’s barely an Irish family that doesn’t have a cousin, sibling or friend who has headed Down Under in recent years
A gap has emerged between the Irish establishment and the Irish street
This sort of gap is being filled by populists across the Continent
Where does the political aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing leave Maga and US liberals?
Walking along Fifth Avenue: the UN really messes with moody New Yorkers’ already volatile heads
Trump’s party at the royal castle did nothing to change shift of power towards China
US president appears to be back on good terms with Indian leader, which tells its own story
The GAA could solve a more pressing problem for Ireland than the presidency
Imagine if the associations’s existing network were pressed into service to implement a proven Danish model of co-operative housing
Could France go bust? One of Europe’s biggest economies has pimped itself out to the world
The question haunting the EU: could France be a huge Greece at the heart of the bloc?
A panic in Washington DC will have untold consequences throughout the global economy
Juan Perón turned Argentina into an economic basket case with the kind of meddling now embraced by the US president
Houses are being built in Ireland, so why can’t ordinary people buy them?
Prices are rising because the biggest buyer in the market is pushing them up. Who will benefit?
The more US tax money we get, the more dysfunctional the Irish economy becomes
Apart from the Apple tax money, Ireland collected a total of €28.1bn in corporation tax receipts last year
Ireland’s massive problem with ‘in-your-face’ crime is feeding fear
Despite people’s perceptions, violent crime has rarely been lower in Ireland, but a rise in ‘in-your-face’ crimes made viral by social media is feeding our fear
An answer to Ireland’s housing crisis is right behind us
Yimbyism: in North America, families taking the housing crisis into their own hands and building in their gardens, so why not here?
A lesson from The Godfather as Wall Street backs crypto assets it once dismissed as a ‘fraud’
Bitcoin is backed by nothing except hype but early adopters made vast wealth. Now they want to protect their own interests
This is what we need to do in Ireland if we want stable, affordable house prices
An honest discussion on population, underpinned by data, not emotion, is the only sensible way forward
Ireland needs immigrants. But our economy can’t accommodate an infinite number
Ireland has a management problem as well as a demographic dilemma