David McWilliams strives to demystify economics and make the topic accessible to audiences worldwide. Economist, author, podcaster and journalist, he 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 writes a weekly column for The Irish Times and hosts The David McWilliams Podcast, which aims to make economics uncomplicated.

Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin, in a previous life, David had a few “real jobs”, working as an economist at the Irish Central Bank, UBS and Banque Nationale de Paris.