David McWilliams (on the history of money)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- January 14, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 35m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses David McWilliams (The History of Money: A Story of Humanity) is a journalist, writer, and economist.…
Summary
David McWilliams (The History of Money: A Story of Humanity) is a journalist, writer, and economist. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss having an unusually calm Irish family upbringing, being practically prescribed to study economics, and the impact that his father being screwed by the system had on him as a kid. David and Dax talk about his early…
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David McWilliams (The History of Money: A Story of Humanity) is a journalist, writer, and economist. David joins the Armchair Expert to discuss having an unusually calm Irish family upbringing, being practically prescribed to study economics, and the impact that his father being screwed by the system had on him as a kid. David and Dax talk about his early, life-changing realization that no one actually has control over the economy, why economics should be seen as a form of communication about th