Monday, November 21, 2011

After-dinner talkers make a mint from clever chat

THE merchants of gloom are making a fortune out of the recession. We can’t get enough of their dire warnings of economic Armageddon.
Leading economic commentators who specialise in doom-laden prophesy, like
David McWilliams, Eddie Hobbs and George Lee, have become big box-office draws on the after-dinner speaking circuit.
As the season for black-tie events kicks off, the naysayers can now command up to €10,000 a gig. The recession has made George Lee, RTE’s economics
commentator who

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