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David McWilliamsThe Irish Times |
Carney’s unexpected victory in the Canadian election proved the US president is such a political force that he can win elections outside his own...
In the middle of an acute housing crisis, is it clever to have most housing stock set aside for Airbnbs and short-term rentals?
Beware the Thucydides Trap – referred to this week by Xi Jinping – the simple but dangerous arithmetic of a rising power and an anxious incumbent
Iran war now an international hostage situation where UAE is the hostage, Iran the hostage-taker, and US will have to pay the ransom
If young people cannot secure jobs commensurate with their level of education, their ambitions will be dashed, creating resentment
The Suez crisis was the end of the road for Britain as a global rule-maker. The US is setting itself up for a repeat
By capitulating and throwing money at the problem, the Government has set itself up for a repeat performance, as Ireland’s EU presidency looms
There is no cost control. And no one seems to care about what we are getting for all this spending
Voters wary as Mary Lou McDonald’s party beats all-or-nothing, Marxist drum on housing
Ireland remains highly dependent on fossil fuels despite experiencing previous oil crises
The people we call entrepreneurs are the ones who make the economy dance. Without them, there’s no products, sales or demand for workers
If the Chinese juggernaut continues to make things better than Europeans, what is there for Europe to make?
We are fixated on tech and AI, but forget how the economy is mostly still heavy, dirty and smelly
Ireland is dangerously overdependent on a small number of companies for far too much revenue