Welcome to the 2019 Kilkenomics Festival.
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Friday 8th Nov
Saturday 9th Nov
Sunday 10th Nov
Samantha Power: THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST
Pulitzer Prize winner Samantha Power, widely known as a relentless advocate for promoting human rights, has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America’s “foremost thinkers on foreign... Read More
Samantha Power
Colm O’Regan
Dan Ariely in conversation with David McWilliams
We are delighted to welcome the wonderfully erudite, best-selling author, behavioural economist Professor Dan Ariely back to Kilkenomics for our 10th edition. Dan is a unique talent, a brilliant thinker... Read More
Dan Ariely
David McWilliams
Democracy to Dictatorship: How to Lose a Country
Don’t miss a cracking bill of Yanis Varoufakis and Turkish writer and journalist Ece Temelkuran as they discuss how both populism and nationalism can march fully-formed into government; including pressing... Read More
Ece Temelkuran
Yanis Varoufakis
Konstantin Kisin
1931: Debt, Crisis and the Rise of Hitler
Swiss historian Tobias Straumann’s new book focuses on the moment when the fragile political and financial order restored after the first world war came apart. We commonly view the Wall... Read More
Tobias Straumann
Paul Krugman in conversation with David McWilliams Sold Out
Making his hugely-anticipated Kilkenomics debut, economics Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman is professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics and an... Read More
Paul Krugman
David McWilliams
Have we reached peak capitalism?
Peak or late stage capitalism has brought us a brand selling jeans with fake mud; “smart” water selling for €12 a litre and one person – Jeff Bezos – having... Read More
Paul Krugman
Mehreen Khan
Andrew Maxwell
Liam Halligan
Linda Yueh
18:45 - 20:00
Hotel Kilkenny
The Great British Break-off
This show will take place a week after Boris Johnson’s pledge to take Britain out of the EU. So, either our panel will be picking over the bones of a... Read More
Yanis Varoufakis
Joris Luyendijk
Konstantin Kisin
Mehreen Khan
Dearbhail McDonald
Liam Halligan
Central Banking in the 21st Century – Andy Haldane in conversation with David McWilliams.
Andy Haldane, Chief Economist of the Bank of England in conversation with David McWilliams on Central Banking in the 21st Century. Price: €25.00
Andy Haldane
David McWilliams
Jargon Busting
Another of our fastest-selling shows at Kilkenomics, Jargon Busting returns for 2019. We are delighted to welcome the return of the hugely popular and greatly enjoyable mash-up of comedy and... Read More
Karl Spain
The Langton’s Brunch hosted by Andrew Maxwell
Consistently the fastest-selling shows at Kilkenomics, our Sunday brunches return with world-class panelists and razor-sharp comedians divining the entrails of the newspapers and ruminating on the events of the weekend... Read More
Andrew Maxwell
The Ormonde Brunch hosted by Gerry Stembridge
Consistently the fastest-selling shows at Kilkenomics, our Sunday brunches return with world-class panelists and razor-sharp comedians divining the entrails of the newspapers and ruminating on the events of the weekend... Read More
Gerard Stembridge