The economic tussle between the US and China risks dragging down the world

Latest IMF data highlights the lasting damage done by the 2008 collapse

It is legitimate to believe the EU has over-reached, but not to despise its goals

It would not be hard for Beijing to offset a loss of demand in a trade war with the US

Elites must recognise that mismanaged economies have helped to destabilise politics

Martin Wolf on the power of vested interests in today’s rent-extracting economy

The US president is hostile to the core values the country used to stand for

While Jeremy Corbyn worries me, it is easy to see the case for radical reform

The question remains whether other countries should box back in retaliation 

The president has broken with seven decades of US foreign policy

Claims that leaving the EU will boost growth rest on questionable assumptions

How do you organise a society in which few people do anything economically productive?

In addition to feeble productivity growth, Italy has a large competitiveness handicap

Britain and the EU may swerve towards a mutually beneficial, but politically hard, deal

Improvement in living standards depends almost entirely on rising output per worker

A radical rethink of the financial system was essential after a devastating crisis

Political cowardice obstructs solution as the population ages and costs increase

Catching up with US will depend on continued ‘opening up’ and avoiding big upheavals