http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/martin-wolf Martin Wolf on globalization, global finance and macro economics en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2013. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:57 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 08:53:10 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/martin-wolf http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/martin-wolf http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b172b2-c1ff-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is extraordinary for the International Monetary Fund to criticise the fiscal policies of a member of the G7 for being too tight Thu, 23 May 2013 18:06:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7b172b2-c1ff-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e7b172b2-c1ff-11e2-8992-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9742cc76-c142-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The real and present dangers are shoved to one side because they are simply too uncomfortable to confront Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9742cc76-c142-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9742cc76-c142-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3c397dc-bd91-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A report has thrown a spotlight on the future of the city, raising the prospect that it might be time for Britain’s cash cow to become a city-state Fri, 17 May 2013 18:38:30 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3c397dc-bd91-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a3c397dc-bd91-11e2-890a-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c926f6e8-bbf9-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It has become more impossible to envisage effective action. We will watch the rise in greenhouse gases until it is too late, Martin Wolf says Tue, 14 May 2013 18:15:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c926f6e8-bbf9-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c926f6e8-bbf9-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b4512f6-b893-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is doubtful that foreign investors would be as interested in the UK if they knew it could not offer equal access to the EU market, says Martin Wolf Thu, 09 May 2013 18:08:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b4512f6-b893-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8b4512f6-b893-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aacd1be0-b637-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Forcing the eurozone to mimic Germany’s path to adjustment makes prolonged stagnation, particularly in crisis-hit countries, highly likely, says Martin Wolf Tue, 07 May 2013 18:20:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aacd1be0-b637-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct aacd1be0-b637-11e2-93ba-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/090bd38e-b0c7-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct What is possible for very small and open economies is close to impossible for large, relatively closed economies, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:15:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/090bd38e-b0c7-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 090bd38e-b0c7-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e55160e-ac11-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The UK’s flexible exchange rate has given it monetary and fiscal policy autonomy but not a big adjustment in the current account, writes Martin Wolf Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:28:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e55160e-ac11-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 9e55160e-ac11-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60b7a4ec-ab58-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Reinhart and Rogoff argued that growth slows sharply when the debt ratio exceeds 90 per cent of output – but the UK defied this, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:30:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60b7a4ec-ab58-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 60b7a4ec-ab58-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/15d1efc6-a4f2-11e2-a94c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Inflation targeting has revitalised macroeconomic stabilisation, giving policy makers room to risk expansionary measures, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:35:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/15d1efc6-a4f2-11e2-a94c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 15d1efc6-a4f2-11e2-a94c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00fa02fa-a1d2-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Thatcher’s economic legacy is a huge financial centre, weak manufacturing, rising inequality and low investment, writes Martin Wolf Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:32:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00fa02fa-a1d2-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 00fa02fa-a1d2-11e2-ad0c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d7cc812-a079-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Tokyo’s economic system is a machine for generating high private savings but it is unable to use them productively, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:07:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d7cc812-a079-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2d7cc812-a079-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0c032dc-a066-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The influence of the former UK prime minister on the world stage rested on her outspoken defence of free markets and close relationship with the US Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:01:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0c032dc-a066-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e0c032dc-a066-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e854f8a8-9aed-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct As the experience of Japan has shown, managing a shift from a high-growth model to a lower-growth model is very tricky, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:42:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e854f8a8-9aed-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e854f8a8-9aed-11e2-97ad-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/243a4eda-954a-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The bailout is not significant for the eurozone as a whole but is another occasion for anger with the European project to bubble to the surface, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:19:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/243a4eda-954a-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 243a4eda-954a-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/481a3f1c-90cd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The fundamental lesson from the crisis – that the market cannot sensibly finance such high loan-to-value ratios – is now being thrown away, writes Martin Wolf Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:32:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/481a3f1c-90cd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 481a3f1c-90cd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/240a9dca-90b8-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Chancellor cannot disguise the fact outcomes for economic activity and public finances are drifting further from expectations, writes Martin Wolf Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:27:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/240a9dca-90b8-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 240a9dca-90b8-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae1f144c-8fe5-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The calamity that has struck the island is deeply worrying because of the far bigger effects it can have elsewhere, writes Martin Wolf Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:42:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae1f144c-8fe5-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ae1f144c-8fe5-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/39c38b74-715d-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ‘The Bankers’ New Clothes’ by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig warns that the causes of the financial crisis will return, writes Martin Wolf Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:02:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/39c38b74-715d-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 39c38b74-715d-11e2-9b5c-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1670a3d2-880f-11e2-8e3c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct David Cameron is wrong. There is a money tree, called the Bank of England, which has created £375bn to finance its asset purchases, write Martin Wolf Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:01:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1670a3d2-880f-11e2-8e3c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_martin-wolf%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1670a3d2-880f-11e2-8e3c-00144feabdc0