Martin Wolf

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Monday, 24 June, 2024

UK general election 2024
The absence of honesty in UK election will undermine democracy itself
Treating the voters as mere children can only guarantee ever-rising cynicism
Tuesday, 18 June, 2024

Global Economy
How not to do industrial policy
Politicians should acknowledge how much we could lose in the new era of suspicion, protectionism and interventionism
Tuesday, 18 June, 2024

The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer
Best summer books of 2024: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads
Monday, 17 June, 2024

Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast23 min listen
We need to rethink old age, with Martin Wolf
The FT’s chief economics commentator talks about what a life should look like as more of us live into our 80s and 90s and even 100s
Sunday, 16 June, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast43 min listen
Martin Wolf and Raghuram Rajan on democracy’s year of peril
The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks with the renowned Indian economist
Tuesday, 11 June, 2024

Protectionism
Tariffs are bad policy, but good politics
There are excellent reasons why we may want to intervene in the economy but these taxes will rarely be the best way
Monday, 10 June, 2024

UK economy
UK election draws a veil of silence over bitter economic truths
Neither major political party wants the debate that the country needs about taxes, spending and structural reform
Monday, 10 June, 2024

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast26 min listen
Thinking about the global economy with Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf and Soumaya Keynes discuss China, AI and the outlook for interest rates
Tuesday, 4 June, 2024

US foreign policy
Nationalism threatens the world order
If America retreats from its security guarantee of Europe, the consequences for global stability will be dire
Tuesday, 28 May, 2024

Demographics and population
From the baby boom to the baby bust
Falling fertility rates are one of the biggest challenges facing our world
Monday, 13 May, 2024

Ageing Populations
Increased longevity will bring profound social change
People will have to work longer and pension systems will need to be transformed
Tuesday, 7 May, 2024

US presidential election 2024
Biden has to find a way to convince Americans on the economy
Trump’s rhetorical style seems to appeal more to voters than the economic reality
Tuesday, 30 April, 2024

Global Economy
We risk a lost decade for the world’s poor
The elimination of extreme poverty is slipping from our grasp
Monday, 29 April, 2024

UK inflation
What we must still learn about the great inflation disaster
Past and present policymakers should ask more searching questions about the causes and impact of the price surge
Tuesday, 23 April, 2024

US inflation
The tricky judgments on when to loosen
An ECB interest rate cut soon would make sense but the Fed faces a more difficult call in the US
Tuesday, 16 April, 2024

Global economic growth
The shadow of war darkens on the global economy
Short-term performance has been surprisingly good but policymakers are walking on eggshells
Monday, 15 April, 2024

UK economy
The UK needs a reform road map to avoid stagnation
There are four clear ways to fix the current economic mess
Tuesday, 9 April, 2024

Sovereign debt
The tree of debt must stop growing
Since the era of ultra-low interest rates ended, large-scale government borrowing is looking more and more problematic
Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

Populism
For all its faults, democracy is still better than autocracy
All the evidence shows that despotism cannot consistently deliver the economic goods for developing countries
Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

Brexit28 min
We need to talk about Brexit | FT Film
Politicians prefer to keep it off the agenda but how can Brexit actually work better?
Monday, 1 April, 2024

UK economy
How Labour wants to change the British economy
Their plans should not make things worse. But can they make them better?
Tuesday, 26 March, 2024

Working It15 min listen
How to get ahead without managing people, with Martin Wolf
Climbing the career ladder usually means managing people. Does it have to?
Tuesday, 26 March, 2024

Politics
Fascism has changed, but it is not dead
The 1920s and 1930s were different times but a core of traditional attitudes persists
Tuesday, 19 March, 2024

US politics & policy
Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine
Handing Vladimir Putin an unearned and undeserved victory will only hurt the US
Monday, 18 March, 2024

UK economy
The elusive search for economic transformation
The bigger the challenges the UK faces in restoring its fortunes, the more timid politicians seem to become

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