Martin Wolf

Sunday, 4 February, 2024

Tuesday, 30 January, 2024

War in Ukraine

‘Ukraine fatigue’ is unpardonable

Western countries have the resources but now must display the will to ensure Russia does not prevail

Tuesday, 23 January, 2024

Global Economy

The dangers lurking in our messy and unpredictable world

Fragilities in the global economic system are real and must be confronted

Monday, 22 January, 2024

Brexit

The bitter lessons of Brexit

Addressing the UK’s challenges requires more than the performative politics of populist leaders

Friday, 19 January, 2024

Special ReportThe World 2024

Martin Wolf: the world economy’s story remains one of integration

Hyperglobalisation is dead. Globalisation is not

Tuesday, 16 January, 2024

Global Economy

What we really know about the global economy

From demography to technology, we must pay attention to the forces that will certainly shape our future

Tuesday, 9 January, 2024

Populism

Liberalism is battered but not yet broken

Freedom is under threat in the west and elsewhere, but it must be defended

Wednesday, 3 January, 2024

Behind the Money podcast20 min listen

Listener mailbag with Martin Wolf & more

FT journalists answer your questions!

Thursday, 21 December, 2023

Rachman Review podcast30 min listen

The world in 2024

Gideon and guests discuss what's next for Ukraine, Gaza, China and the US election

Tuesday, 19 December, 2023

Global Economy

Poor countries’ debt problems are keeping too many in destitution

The rate at which extreme poverty is falling has slowed alarmingly — the rich world needs to act

Tuesday, 12 December, 2023

UK economy

Britain desperately needs a growth strategy

The country has for too long settled for managing stagnation

Sunday, 10 December, 2023

Brexit

Britain won’t rejoin the EU for decades — if ever

The sensible approach for the UK is to seek a closer and more co-operative relationship with Brussels

Wednesday, 6 December, 2023

US politics & policy28 min

How Biden's Inflation Reduction Act changed the world | FT Film

US legislation signals end of the era of free market globalisation

Tuesday, 5 December, 2023

UK economy

Britain needs a way out of economic stagnation

Without a solution, it will be impossible to solve the country’s other social and political problems

Wednesday, 29 November, 2023

Climate change

The good and bad news on climate change

As renewables become competitive on cost, it is policymakers who are the biggest brake on the energy transition

Tuesday, 28 November, 2023

Global trade

The US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China

America and its allies remain more united and economically powerful than Beijing’s group of malcontents

Sunday, 26 November, 2023

UK Budget

Jeremy Hunt’s search for an elusive growth strategy

The chancellor would benefit from a system with fewer fiscal events, and more focus on policy

Wednesday, 22 November, 2023

Autumn Statement

Hunt may be lucky but he has not solved the UK growth challenge

The real problem the chancellor faces is the poor performance of the economy in the long run

Tuesday, 21 November, 2023

Global Economy

The looming threat of fiscal crises

Public debt in high-income countries has reached elevated levels

Wednesday, 15 November, 2023

FT SeriesBest books of the year 2023

Martin Wolf on his best economics books of the year

Martin Wolf selects his best reads of the second half of 2023

Tuesday, 14 November, 2023

Monetary policy

The case for loosening is getting stronger

As inflation eases, central banks now find themselves at the most difficult point in the policymaking cycle

Monday, 13 November, 2023

UK public finances

Controlling debt is just a means — it is not a government’s end

An excessively narrow focus on deficits can lead to bad decisions

Friday, 10 November, 2023

European Central Bank

ECB will not start cutting rates in ‘next couple of quarters’, Lagarde says

Central bank’s president tells FT rates must be kept at current levels for ‘long enough’

Thursday, 9 November, 2023

InterviewBank of Japan

BoJ governor warns unwinding ultra-loose policy is ‘serious challenge’

Kazuo Ueda tells FT conference that central bank will move carefully on raising interest rates

Tuesday, 7 November, 2023

Donald Trump

A Trump win would change the world

Were he to return to the White House, the implications for the US, its allies and the global economy are sure to be profound

Martin Wolf

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