David McWilliams

Some of the promises of bitcoin in particular and crypto in general may still come to pass, but right now it looks like an old-fashioned boom-bust cycle

Protocol at least gives the North a chance to reinvent its economic vision, away from handouts towards something like a normal 21st century economy

Some landlords don’t have to react with any urgency to vacant premises and might prefer to sit on a property rather than accept lower rents

David McWilliams: Freedom from strictures of traditional jobs empowers a new labour cohort

The more the markets fall back to earth, the less chance of the world grinding to a halt

Boris Johnson doesn’t want to ‘get Brexit done’. He wants to keep Brexit going

To understand what is happening, let’s go right back to where money started

Real wages are falling, mortgage payments will rise and the era of low interest rates seems over

Traditional top-down hierarchy is losing out to the power of networks and sharing

Solution to housing crisis is to either cut population through mass emigration or build more homes

Our economy would grind to a halt within days without ready access to diesel

If they’re not leaving because of unemployment, then what is the push or pull?

Russia’s vast natural resources are the envy of its neighbours and the engine of its instability

If we were serious about solving housing inflation, we would be tackling land prices

End of the Soviet Union opened the door for the biggest heist in modern financial history