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Martin Sandbu

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Martin Sandbu is the Financial Times's European Economics Commentator. He also writes Free Lunch, the FT's weekly newsletter on the global economic policy debate. He has been writing for the FT since 2009, when he joined the paper as Economics Leader Writer.

Before joining the FT, he worked in academia and policy consulting. He has taught and carried out research at Harvard, Columbia and the Wharton School, and has advised governments and NGOs on natural resources and economic development. He is the author of three books, on business ethics, the euro, and on "the economics of belonging". He was educated at the universities of Oxford and Harvard.

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  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    European Union
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    Brussels wants both independence of supply and decarbonisation, which means ambitious targets

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
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    Inflation and the economics of belonging Premium content

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  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
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    A net zero carbon world may be difficult to achieve but need not be painful to live in

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
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  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    European Union
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    But many EU members remain wary of using treaty change to drive the process

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Free LunchMacroeconomics
    The effects of sanctions on the Russian economy Premium content

    Like the real thing, economic warfare is a long-term game

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
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    Western leaders must prepare public for a war economy

    The cost of living crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Free LunchEU energy
    How to be smart about Russian energy sanctions Premium content

    Economists debate tariffs versus bans. One should lead to the other

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Free LunchGlobal Economy
    The many challenges faced at the World Bank/IMF spring meetings Premium content

    Latest reports show what keeps the world’s economic policymakers awake at night

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
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    The war against Ukraine has brought a new negative supply shock on top of the old one

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine needs an ambitious new Marshall Plan from Europe

    Physically rebuilding what Putin has destroyed must wait until his war stops, but other aspects of reconstruction need not

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  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
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    The war in Ukraine reveals the discreet charms of liberal democracy Premium content

    What Putin and other autocrats mistake for weaknesses are in fact the west’s greatest strengths

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
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    The case for joint European energy procurement is irresistible

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  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
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    We must ask anew the question Keynes addressed in 1940

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
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    Even the pessimistic forecasts do not include everything that can go wrong

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
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    Uncertainty about the outcome of the war is not an excuse to delay thinking about the future

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
    Free LunchEU energy
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  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
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    There is no better time for Europe to go ‘cold turkey’ on its vulnerability to Moscow

  • Sunday, 27 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
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  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Free LunchWar in Ukraine
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