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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, 19 October, 2021
    COP26
    COP26 is the real thing and not a drill

    The path to a new energy economy is clear, but it is technically and politically difficult

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Without an economic plan, patriotism is Johnson’s last refuge

    The longstanding dream of a high wage, high productivity economy requires coherent policy

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Global economic growth
    Hopes and fears for the global Covid-19 recovery

    As economies exit the pandemic, the job of central banks is relatively simple — less generous, better targeted assistance

  • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
    Chinese economy
    The economic threats from China’s real estate bubble

    Property’s great investment boom has reached its limit — the economy needs new drivers of demand

  • Sunday, 3 October, 2021
    UK public finances
    It is time to lop off the dead hand of the Treasury

    Politicians should consider radical alternatives to managing an unpleasant normality

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    US politics & policy
    The strange death of American democracy

    A constitutional crisis looms as Trump tightens his grip on the Republicans ahead of 2024

  • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
    Central banks
    Inequality is behind central bank dilemma

    Stagflation would create devastating problems for weaker borrowers, notably heavily indebted emerging economies.

  • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
    Personal pensions
    Why collective risk-sharing should be a central element in pensions

    Large, diversified CDC funds will allow generations to protect each other

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    Cryptocurrencies
    The time to embrace central bank digital currencies is now

    Money must adapt to an era of new technology— but it has to work for society as a whole

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  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    Economy
    Political Economy Club essay prize

    Martin Wolf introduces the winners of the competition celebrating the club’s 200th anniversary

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    Global Economy
    Martin Wolf introduces the Political Economy Club essay prize-winners

    On its 200th anniversary, the club asked how the ideas of Malthus and Ricardo apply to climate change and income today

  • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
    G20
    The G20 has failed to meet its challenges

    Lack of a truly global response to the pandemic augurs badly for common action on climate change

  • Sunday, 11 July, 2021
    Pensions
    Equities are the only sensible foundation for private pensions

    Their massive long-term outperformance occurred despite world wars, the Depression and the global financial crisis

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    Brexit
    Boris Johnson’s Brexit win was a Pyrrhic victory

    The realities of relative power mean the UK and EU are — and will remain — far from equals

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    Global inequality
    Monetary policy is not the solution to inequality

    But the necessary structural reforms will be harder than many economists imagine

  • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
    Pensions crisis
    It is folly to make pensions safe by making them unaffordable

    Misguided policies threaten the security in retirement of almost everyone working in the UK private sector

  • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    The healing of democracies starts at home

    The principal threats to western values come not from China but from inside our own societies

  • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
    FT SeriesSummer books 2021
    Summer books of 2021: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
    Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed

    What are the next steps after the summit

  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    Protectionism
    The US should spurn the false promise of protectionism

    America’s economy suffers from inequality and poor labour performance but this is not due to global trade

  • Sunday, 13 June, 2021
    Pensions industry
    Radical reform of British pension provision is urgent

    Existing defined benefit pension funds should be consolidated and opened to a new generation of savers

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    ReviewEconomics books
    How ‘creative destruction’ drives innovation and prosperity

    Martin Wolf on Philippe Aghion and collaborators’ defence of capitalism and the need for regulation and a social safety net

  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    Federal Reserve
    The Fed risks reacting too slowly if inflation keeps rising

    And that will be bad news for the rest of the world economy as it recovers from the pandemic

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Global Economy
    A windfall for poor countries is within reach

    High-income states can help by lending on their IMF special drawing rights

  • Sunday, 30 May, 2021
    UK business & economy
    The 2020s are set to be a decisive economic decade for the UK

    Failure to address multiple challenges facing the country will result in national decline

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