Martin Wolf

Tuesday, 28 March, 2023

Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Financial & markets regulation

Four ways to fix the bank problem

It is not clear how bad this crisis is going to be but reform is urgently needed

Sunday, 19 March, 2023

UK politics & policy

A sensible strategy for the UK needs radical changes on pensions

Our fundamental mistakes include piecemeal policy and an over-reliance on simplistic ideology

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

UK Budget

Luck has given Jeremy Hunt some room for manoeuvre

Severe structural weaknesses persist in the UK economy and his measures do too little to remove them

Tuesday, 14 March, 2023

Banks

Banks are designed to fail — and they do

This is a system that is essential to the functioning of the market economy but doesn’t operate by its rules

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023

European Union

The EU’s future in a world of deep disorder

In adjusting to today’s crises, the bloc needs to decide whether it wishes to be an ally, a bridge or a power

Sunday, 5 March, 2023

UK economic growth

The UK economy has two regional problems, not one

Now the country is suffering something worse than geographic inequality: national stagnation

Tuesday, 28 February, 2023

War in Ukraine

The west must give Ukraine what it needs

This war is a vital national interest of European countries and the US

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023

Government of Israel

Illiberal democracy comes to Israel

The government’s proposed legal reforms look rather like a power grab

Sunday, 19 February, 2023

UK business & economy

Britain can learn from Singapore on savings

The UK’s low rate of national savings makes it dependent on foreign ones to finance its investment

Thursday, 16 February, 2023

ReviewEconomics books

Martin Wolf shines a light on the doom loop of democratic capitalism

The economics commentator appeals for a renewed concept of citizenship to save democracy

Tuesday, 14 February, 2023

Protectionism

The new interventionism could pose a threat to global trade

Security concerns are driving the fashion for active industrial policy, but there are potential downsides

Tuesday, 7 February, 2023

Monetary policy

Lessons from the great reflation

There is a danger not just of loosening too soon but of loosening too far

Sunday, 5 February, 2023

Tax

The case for a land value tax is overwhelming

Natural resources are quite different from the capital stock created out of human effort

Tuesday, 31 January, 2023

Central banks

When good economic news may not be good news

The dilemma for central banks is whether today’s optimism is consistent with returning inflation rates to 2 per cent

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

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