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The David McWilliams Podcast

The Anatomy of a Pandemic

The David McWilliams Podcast

David McWilliams

News & Politics

4.5692 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week we explore what’s happening in Ireland and Europe’s crucial reaction, plus we focus on the catastrophe enveloping the developing world. We explore why COVID 19 will change global relations between rich and poor, why we need a new Bretton Woods and an optimistic lesson from the Black Death of 1347! All this, and thoughts on the economics of washing machine, Italia 90 and learning economics in the lockdown. Enjoy!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Mac, just before we start, I was on Amazon looking for a little beach read, you know,

0:06.5

and lo and behold, look what I see.

0:10.1

David McWilliams, money, a story of humanity at number one, beating the likes of J.D. Vance

0:17.0

and his hillbilly elegy and Ezra Klein.

0:20.1

Dave McWilliams, number one, boom.

0:22.4

This is the economics version of Top of the Pops.

0:25.5

You can have a whole lot of love soundtrack in the back.

0:29.0

But yes, no, you're right.

0:29.9

It's great to see that money is number one in the Amazon bestsellers in the UK

0:37.3

under the area of economic history, which is fantastic.

0:42.4

Again, thank you so much listeners for supporting the book, for buying the book, for buying the

0:47.2

audiobook. It's really great to see. And it is kind of nice to be number one ahead of the likes

0:53.0

of J.D. Vance and even Ezra Klein,

0:55.8

who I respect in New York Times, but who comes with a massive, massive audience.

1:00.1

So again, thank you very much.

1:02.2

And if you haven't bought your summer, read if in August you're heading off now to the beach,

1:06.6

you're thinking, what should I grab?

1:08.6

What should I read?

1:09.8

Grab money, a story of humanity. You will not

1:12.8

be disappointed, and that is from an unbiased reviewer, the fellow who wrote the bloody thing.

1:20.2

Get 3% cash pack when you transfer your pension to free trade. Switch to one of the UK's

1:25.7

cheapest sip providers by the 31st of August.

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