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Martin Sandbu

European Economics Commentator

Martin Sandbu is the Financial Times's European economics commentator. He also writes Free Lunch, the FT's weekly newsletter on the global economic policy debate. He has been writing for the FT since 2009, when he joined the paper as economics leader writer.

Before joining the FT, he worked in academia and policy consulting. He is the author of three books, on business ethics, the euro, and on the economics of belonging.

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  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Free LunchRussian business & finance
    Corralling Moscow’s foreign wealth Premium content

    Sanctions are squeezing Russia’s net export earnings — now target the surpluses accumulated since last year

  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine’s rapid reconstruction will be in Europe’s own interest

    Postwar planning should focus on making the country a hub of the continent’s green transition

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Free LunchGlobal inflation
    The case for ‘team transitory’ lives on Premium content

    New research shows that one-off temporary disruptions account for most of the inflation we see

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    ‘Degrowth’ starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes

    Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as climate change bites

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Free LunchChinese economy
    The other economic security threat from China Premium content

    The west could find itself held back by a Chinese economy that’s too weak, not too strong

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    EU economy
    Doom-mongers are wrong to underestimate the European economy

    Germany’s success in ending reliance on Russian gas is just one example of Europe’s adaptability and resilience

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Free LunchArtificial intelligence
    The right response to AI is more mundane than existential dread Premium content

    Drop the angst for humanity’s future and roll up your regulatory sleeves

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine’s animal spirits vs missile attacks, 1-0 Premium content

    Plus, a good idea for how to finally make our banking system safe

  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Ukraine
    Ukraine’s friends should wake up to its progress in fighting corruption

    Western governments would be making a big mistake if they dragged their feet on reconstruction aid and EU entry for Kyiv

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Free LunchUS banks
    We have gone back to bailing out the banks Premium content

    Any case for saving business payroll accounts does not justify protecting multibillion deposits of megabanks

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
    Dispatch from Kyiv: spring returns to Ukraine’s economy Premium content

    Some important and under-recognised truths about Ukraine even as Russia’s war rages on

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    EU trade
    Europe has to be much clearer when it comes to China

    While business leaders still salivate at the size of the Chinese market, the EU will struggle to wield a credible geoeconomic policy

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Free LunchGlobal economic growth
    The latest from the guardians of economic policy orthodoxy Premium content

    Highlights from the publications of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings

  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Free LunchRussian politics
    Sanctions on Russia need constant strengthening Premium content

    It’s a cat-and-mouse game where the cat had better win

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    EU economy
    The trilemma that EU leaders must tackle

    There are clear contradictions in Europe’s desire to invest more, maintain strict budgets and avoid common spending

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    Free LunchCredit Suisse Group AG
    Policymakers are bungling their response to failing banks

    You are doomed to repeat the errors of the last crisis if you don’t use the tools put in place since then

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Free LunchSilicon Valley Bank
    The Silicon Valley Bank fallout makes the case for digital currencies Premium content

    If we think all deposits must be safe, what is the point of banks?

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    It is time to tighten sanctions on Russian state assets

    The west needs to extend its blocking measures to Moscow’s ‘shadow reserves’

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Free LunchRussian business & finance
    Chasing Russia’s shadow reserves Premium content

    If you were Putin, where would you put your hard currency energy revenues?

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
    Examining Russia’s unsanctioned cash pile Premium content

    ‘Shadow reserves’ from energy earnings undermine restrictions on central bank

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
    What to do with Russia’s blocked reserves Premium content

    Legal arguments over confiscating central bank assets must be economically literate

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
    There is too much we don’t know about Russia’s central bank reserves Premium content

    Ignorance is not bliss in sanctions policy

  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine is fighting for a way of life as much as for its territory

    Russia’s domestic political repression contrasts with flourishing competition and a strong civil society

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
    If you want peace in Ukraine, double down on (economic) war Premium content

    There is more — much more — that can be done with sanctions against Russia

  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
    EU economy
    These tools could help bring Ukraine into the EU

    It is crucial to find paths where looming political challenges don’t prevent real progress today

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