170 - A few thoughts from Dubai and what Sally Rooney and the points race can tell us about the elite and elite overproduction?

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

News & Politics

4.6 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're in Dubai, giving a quick run down of what the region looks like to the visitor, then we head back to Europe in order to look at the dilemma of elite overproduction, how our new meritocracy is turning sour an what it means for the economics, politics and society.

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0:43.8	What in the world is happening on Wall Street?
0:46.1	Economic indicators. Who knows where this is going to end up?
0:49.7	To understand the economy, you have to understand human nature.
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1:01.0	How are you?
1:02.1	It's podcast time.
1:03.4	Life is good here.
1:04.4	I'm in Dubai.
1:05.5	John is in Dublin.
1:07.2	How are you, Head?
1:08.6	How are you, Mike?
1:09.5	Are you rationed again?
1:10.7	Let's just say in a part of the world that the Irish colouring is not well suited to.
1:16.4	It is, in effect, living in a sandpit over here.
1:20.1	But it's grand.
1:20.7	I'm doing a gig and it's really nice to be out and actually working again, doing live gigs in front of a couple of hundred people. It's great.
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