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    US-China trade dispute
    A partial and defective US-China trade truce

    A large problem remains: Washington does not know what it is trying to achieve

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    Paul Volcker
    The legacy and lessons of Paul Volcker

    Do the right thing, do not put your trust in unbridled finance, and have courage

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Climate change3 min
    Climate change explained: how much will it cost?

    FT writers answer your questions on the economic impact of various climate scenarios

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Capitalism
    How to reform today’s rigged capitalism

    We must address weakened competition, feeble productivity growth, high inequality and degraded democracy

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Best Books of the Year 2019
    Best books of 2019: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles from the second half of the year

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Climate change3 min
    Climate change explained: do green energy policies harm developing economies?

    FT writers answer your questions on the impact of investment decisions

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Climate change3 min
    Climate change explained: why are world leaders in denial?

    FT writers answer your questions on political paralysis

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Labour Party UK
    Why I cannot vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party

    Its hugely expansionary programme is likely to trigger capital flight and currency collapse

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Geopolitics
    Unsettling precedents for today’s world

    Events evoke not the 1930s but the period before the first world war

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    Intellectual property
    The fight to halt the theft of ideas is hopeless

    China will not accept inferiority — and the west should not want it to

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    UK economic growth
    Election promises collide with economic reality

    Employment is buoyant, but sluggish investment is holding Britain back

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    The US economy isn’t as competitive or free as you think

    Martin Wolf reviews ‘The Great Reversal’ by Thomas Philippon

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    How the US should deal with China

    Washington is in danger of throwing away the leverage its allies could have given it

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Climate change
    There is one way forward on climate change

    To succeed in tackling the emergency, we need dramatic policies that are effective, legitimate and global

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    UK general election
    Why I want another hung parliament

    After a sobering failure, the Tories and Labour might reconsider their extremism

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    German economy
    How the euro helped Germany avoid becoming Japan

    Berlin should be thankful for what the single currency, and Mario Draghi, have given it

  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    Digital currencies
    The threat and the promise of digital money

    Cryptocurrencies look overhyped, the new payment platforms useful and Libra worrying

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Brexit
    The UK needs a public vote on Brexit deal

    Britons must agree to become significantly poorer and accept the illusion of greater sovereignty

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    Global Economy
    Global economic policymakers are playing with fire

    Too much of what ails the world economy is the result of ‘stupid stuff’

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    Opinion2 min
    How Boris Johnson has unleashed Brexit's 'demons'

    FT's Martin Wolf says the prime minister has set parliament against the people

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Brexit
    Brexit is a journey without end

    No majority exists for any deal option with the EU. Brexiters are as much to blame as Remainers

  • Thursday, 26 September, 2019
    ReviewPolitical books
    The Narrow Corridor — the fine line between despotism and anarchy

    Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson ask: how do we balance protections with liberty?

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    FT CollectionsBest of the Big Read 2019
    Martin Wolf: why rigged capitalism is damaging democracy

    Economies are not delivering for most citizens because of weak competition, feeble productivity growth and tax loopholes

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    Globalisation
    The case for sane globalism remains strong

    Today’s most pressing policy challenges require multilateral co-operation

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2019
    Brexit
    Brexit means goodbye to Britain as we know it

    What is happening now is not worthy of a serious country

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