David McWilliams (economist)

David McWilliams
David McWilliams in 2014
Born1966 (age 57–58)
EducationBlackrock College
Alma mater
Occupations
SpouseSian Smyth
Children2
Websitedavidmcwilliams.ie

David McWilliams (born 1966) is an Irish economist, writer, and journalist. Since 1999, he has been a broadcaster, writer, economic commentator and documentary-maker. He has written five books, The Pope's Children , The Generation Game, Follow the Money, The Good Room and Renaissance Nation, and written regular columns for the Irish Times and Irish Independent.

McWilliams has a reputation for explaining economic ideas with memorable phrases or stock characters, most famously "breakfast roll man".[1][2]

  1. ^ "McWilliams is a real self-made man – he invented himself". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ "David McWilliams is sounding like a populist politician". The Irish News. Retrieved 1 April 2021.