David Mc Williams
David McWilliams (born 1966) is an Irish journalist and economist. McWilliams has worked with as an economist with Central Bank of Ireland and as a banker with UBS bank and the Banque Nationale de Paris. More recently, he has become a broadcaster and documentary-maker with TV3 and Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), as well as publishing three books, The Pope's Children, The Generation Game, and Follow the Money.
McWilliams has called for a radical change in currency, arguing that Ireland should abandon the Euro project and establish a new punt. McWilliams has also called for a different approach to the current crisis in Ireland, including a demand for a more aggressive negotiating stance with the European Union, the creation of an alliance between Ireland, Greece, Portugal and other debtor nations, default on the Irish bank debts (€97 bn) held by the ECB and exploiting the deposits of multinational companies in the IFSC as a stimulus. He has also expressed a number of ideas about political reform, including extending the vote to the Irish diaspora.
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