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Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”.

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  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Global Economy
    What I learnt in my days on the mountain in Davos

    Business is feeling more cheerful but many unresolved challenges remain

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Healthcare costs
    The dangers of magical thinking on health policy

    We must carefully consider how changes in the funding model might affect the healthcare system

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    The Weekend Essay
    Martin Wolf: in defence of democratic capitalism

    The marriage of liberal economics and democracy has brought immense benefits to the world, but faces its toughest test in decades. What needs to be done?

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    World Economic Forum
    Davos: There’s life in global capitalism yet

    Rumours of the demise of international business and trade have been exaggerated

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Global Economy
    We must tackle the looming global debt crisis before it’s too late

    A range of factors have made the cost of borrowing prohibitive for poor countries

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    InterviewCentral banks
    Philip Lane: ‘We haven’t seen “normal” in Europe for a long time’

    The European Central Bank’s chief economist discusses the institution’s response to a series of global shocks

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Emerging markets
    The threat of a lost decade in development

    A way has to be found to resolve the debt problems that are now emerging for the world’s most vulnerable

  • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
    Global Economy
    Glimmers of light in a terrible year

    From the return of the west to the triumph of democracy, not everything that happened in 2022 was bad

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Behind the Money podcast21 min listen
    Martin Wolf on the economy in 2023

    The FT’s chief economics commentator discusses some of 2022’s biggest stories — inflation, the war in Ukraine, climate change — and how they might impact events next year

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    Globalisation
    The optimists were right and can be so again

    We cannot wait for another period of catastrophe before we attempt renewal

  • Sunday, 11 December, 2022
    UK public services
    The UK government’s policy on public sector pay is foolish

    Letting inflation reduce real wages while expecting services to be maintained is dishonest

  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    David Gardner
    In celebration of David Gardner

    An address for our FT colleague at his memorial service

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    It is the west’s duty to help Ukraine win this war

    We can afford it, and backing Kyiv will be less expensive in the long run than allowing Putin to prevail

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Financial & markets regulation
    ‘Competitiveness’ mantra must not let risky banking rise again

    We should not relax ringfencing, not least because UK banks remain undercapitalised

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    Global Economy
    How to think about policy in a polycrisis

    In our interactive world, we can no longer put problems into convenient intellectual silos

  • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
    UK economic growth
    The UK government should stop doing stupid stuff

    It should not consider regulatory changes unless they will clearly be for the better

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    The geopolitical threat to globalisation

    The FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
    Best books of 2022: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles of the past six months

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Renewable energy
    The market can deliver the green transition — just not fast enough

    Policymakers and governments need to work out how to accelerate the process

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Autumn Statement
    Jeremy Hunt offers no jam today and none tomorrow

    There is nothing in the chancellor’s Autumn Statement to suggest radical new thinking on growth

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    Central banks
    Central banks are right to act decisively

    The worst possibility would not be for disinflation to be done too slowly but for policymakers to give up too quickly

  • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
    Conservative Party UK
    The Tories need to abandon their shibboleths

    The state is likely to grow faster than the economy and so must the tax burden

  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    COP27
    Delay only makes climate action more urgent

    A huge acceleration in investment is necessary to help emerging and developing countries

  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
    Globalisation
    Geopolitics is the biggest threat to globalisation

    The consequences of a great power rupture may be even worse now than during the cold war

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Eurozone economy
    The eurozone economies have no choice but to tackle the supply shock together

    A common energy policy is essential if citizens are to be protected against the worst of the crisis

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