The Western World has now seen a decade of austerity – a response to a financial crash caused by untrammelled greed, lax regulation and the all-consuming need for ever greater... Read More

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

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

This year has seen some extraordinary developments across the world, some of which not even our esteemed Kilkenomics contributors will have predicted one year ago. From Brexit to Hong Kong,... Read More

Don’t miss a cracking bill of Turkish writer and journalist Ece Temelkuran, historian Tobias Straumann, British Sudanese columnist Nesrine Malik and journalist Simon Kuper as they discuss how both populism... Read More

Most reasonable people think of the place they live – a flat or a house – as their home – a permanent roof over their head. Generally, they rent their... Read More

Why is Red Bull so popular – even though everyone hates the taste? Why do countdown boards on platforms take away the pain of train delays? And why do we... Read More

Dominic Frisby is the world’s only financial writer and comedian. His comedy has been described as “viciously inventive” by the Guardian and “mercurially witty” by the Spectator. He is known... Read More

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

Ever feel that your family is an entire micro economy of its own? Well it is and what’s more, it’s the subject of fascinating new research, who pays the bills,... Read More

In the world of Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney, Apple and other giant streamers, is the game up for linear television as we know it?  What are the economic models at... Read More

Twenty years this year an unknown KGB officer, Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia. He has changed the world by putting Russia and later the world on a collision... Read More

Climate change is, at its core, the most monumental failure of economics. The world is being destroyed because the market can’t put a price on the planet. So every time... Read More

So much has been said about the effect of Brexit on Ireland and the UK, but what about other countries in Europe such as the Netherlands, for example? Does this... Read More

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

The newest thing in economics is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) which offers a realistic prospect of printing money to solve our problems. If we could print money to bail out... Read More

Why can’t we build enough houses cheaply? And is this unique to Ireland? We understand the underlying problems with property, land hoarding, planning permission delays, NIMBY-ism, a growing young population,... Read More

What will happen to the UK after Brexit? The Brexiteers speak of this glorious post-Brexit world which lies on the sunlight uplands just beyond the Withdrawal Agreement. It is a... Read More

Samantha Power and Betsey Stevenson were amongst the youngest of President Obama’s inner circle, Power advising the President on foreign affairs and human rights, Stevenson on economics and in particular... Read More

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

In the twenty-first century football is first. First among sports themselves, but it now commands the allegiance, interest and engagement of more people in more places than any other phenomenon.... Read More

What does economics look like to people living at the world’s margins. From disaster zones and displaced societies to failed states and hidden rainforest communities, the lives of people who... Read More

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

Economics is based on the notion that man is rational, scientific and analytical; but how realistic is this notion? Indeed, have you ever met a rational human being like this?... Read More

The story of Venezuela is one of Latin America’s most tragic. Home to massive oil resources, and once considered the region’s wealthiest country, Venezuela is today a nation in self-inflicted... Read More

Are you ready for the third decade? The third decade of the 21st century is nearly upon us but what is in store? From populism, to taxes, inequality, property markets,... Read More

We understand what Trumpism is when it comes to society, race issues and America’s relations with its neighbours, but what exactly is the economics of America First? It’s tax cuts,... Read More

Test your economics in the Kilkenomics Big Money Gameshow. There a loads of big prizes to be won – including solid silver bars, bitcoin cash, a year’s subscription to Moneyweek... Read More

Is the game up for economics? How do we rethink the whole science to make it more relevant? Is it even a science at all? Can it be used to... Read More

‘Crypto’ is back and this time it isn’t going away. Yes, Bitcon is volatile again and will remain so, but when the entire economic establishment is in unison against you,... Read More

This year for the first time in human history more people will live in cities than in the countryside. Fifty years ago, twice as many people lived in rural parts... Read More

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

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

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

What could make a Sunday in Kilkenny better than enjoying a coffee and croissant (or tea and a bun) in the company of some of the finest minds in economics... Read More

Musician, Satirist and Historical entertainer Paddy Cullivan takes us through current events using song, story and amazing visuals. A unique and hilarious worldview that tries to get us to see... Read More

After all the doom and gloom of the events of the weekend; after all the economists referring to one hand and then the other; after all the sighs of despair... Read More