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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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  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    The best books of the week
    On Freedom — Timothy Snyder’s timely manifesto for our fearful age

    The historian draws on his experience in Ukraine and eastern Europe to warn of the dangers of tyranny in the US

    A white flag with one horizontal blue stripe hangs on the fence of a single-storey brick-built house in southern Russia. Well-kept flowers are in bloom in front of the fence and the flag
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    US interest rates
    Have we seen the end of cheap money?

    There are reasons to expect real rates to go even higher

    James Ferguson illustration of a person riding a bicycle up a rising interest rate curve
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    UK public finances
    Reeves struggles to escape from self-imposed restraints

    Breaking Labour’s commitments would be a bad thing to do but failure to improve the UK’s condition could be even worse

    Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    EU business regulation
    How to make European industrial policy work

    The key is to ensure that regulation doesn’t stifle growth

    Illustration of the EU flag covered in red tape
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    FT SeriesThe FT Magazine’s Guide to the Business Lunch
    The FT’s favourite business lunch restaurants in London

    17 venues in and around the City worth rescheduling your 2pm for, and the best tables at each

    A stylish restaurant interior with round tables covered in white tablecloths, surrounded by wicker-backed chairs. Two black-and-white framed portraits hang on the wall
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Draghi is trying to save Europe from itself

    His report on competitiveness presents the EU with an ‘existential challenge’

    A James Ferguson illustration of a lorry with the livery of the American flag driving past an old Volkswagen van that is decorated with the European Union flag and is missing its wheels and is sitting on bricks
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    UK economy
    Rachel Reeves needs a credible growth plan

    The UK chancellor should explain how her programme is going to work

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves face a tough economic inheritance
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    Overcoming the ‘middle income’ trap

    The principal failure of these countries lies not in accumulating too little capital, but in using it poorly

    James Ferguson illustration of a group of people walking on a rope bridge off a cliff towards a city
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Lunch with the FT
    John Lewis chair Sharon White: ‘I always ask, what’s the upside?’

    The outgoing chief on guiding the retailer through financial storms, the need for intellectual diversity and the lessons of the Truss Budget

    A youthful-looking Black woman with a broad smile and braided hair
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    US inflation
    Lessons from the great inflation

    Large shocks are likely to recur in the future, bringing significant challenges for policymakers

    James Ferguson illustration of a red inflation arrow in the sights of a rifle.
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Economists Exchange
    Adair Turner: ‘I still think we have a chance of limiting global warming to well below 2C’

    The businessman and academic on the path to a zero carbon economy

    Leonie Woods illustration of Martin Wolf and Adair Turner.
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Naivety about Trump threatens all our futures

    Plutocrats must understand that wealth is only a source of power if it is protected by a law-governed state

    Illustration of the Statue of Liberty
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Global migration
    Immigration is both essential and impossible

    The option of temporary worker contracts is not embraced by either side but it may be the solution

    James Ferguson illustration of flotilla of ever larger immigrant boats heading west.
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Citizens should be asked to do more in UK politics

    Many things need to change, among them how the country governs itself

    An oil painting of men sitting in pews at a court in the 1800s
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    German economy
    Is Germany the ‘sick man’ of Europe once again?

    Its hostility to debt is folly or hypocrisy. It should use more of its surplus savings at home

    James Ferguson illustration of a person in a suit and trainers kneeling at the starting block on an athletics track.
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Indian economy
    Why India will become a superpower

    The nation can play a big part in shaping the world’s future but its internal challenges are formidable

    Illustration of the Indian flag with the power on/off symbol in its centre
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Keir Starmer
    Keir Starmer’s difficult choices

    The challenge for Labour is not just to govern well, but to restore trust in doing so

    Keir Starmer speaks from behind a podium in a wood-panelled room in Downing Street
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Climate change
    Market forces are not enough to halt climate change

    Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant

    Illustration of the grim reaper sat on an pumpjack used for drilling oil. In the background smoke is billowing out of industrial chimneys
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast36 min listen
    Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril

    The FT’s renowned commentator reflects on a critical moment for liberal democracy

  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    Are we all protectionists now?

    One thing Biden and Trump might not be debating is industrial policy

  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats

    Many business leaders dismiss fears of a return of the former president to the White House — they are wrong to do so

    James Ferguson illustration of a bejewelled puppet master manipulating a vote.
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    News
    Podcast: Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril

    The FT’s chief economics commentator and special guests examine a critical moment for democratic institutions

  • 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

    Sir Keir Starmer makes a point while Rishi Sunak looks on during the debate
  • 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

    James Ferguson illustration of machine cogs with a small lock on the bottom right side.
  • 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

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