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Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”.

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  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    The threat of long economic Covid looms

    Governments need to focus on the cost of inaction, not the cost of supporting economies

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    ObituaryIsher Judge Ahluwalia
    Isher Judge Ahluwalia, economist, 1945-2020

    An extraordinary talent who made the case for India’s transformative economic liberalisation

  • Thursday, 13 August, 2020
    Politics4 min
    Martin Wolf - will Covid-19 kill off populism?

    The FT's chief economics commentator looks at the political implications of the global pandemic

  • Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
    FT Books Essay
    Alarm signals of our authoritarian age

    Martin Wolf reviews two important new books on Trump, strongmen leaders and the most disturbing political development of our times

  • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
    UK public finances
    Covid-19 aggravates adverse underlying trends

    Huge fiscal challenges await the UK due to rising public debt

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Covid has exposed society’s dysfunctions

    If we wish to avoid a political breakdown we should not seek to suppress markets, but instead temper their gales

  • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
    Geopolitics
    The world falls apart as the US withdraws

    An administration that cannot govern makes a stark contrast with China

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    Coronavirus: free to read
    Martin Wolf: ‘Democracy will fail if we don’t think as citizens’

    Covid-19 could transform western societies. But without a stable middle class, the state risks succumbing to plutocracy.

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Fixing the social and economic damage brought by the pandemic

    Martin Wolf on how Covid-19 could transform western societies

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  • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
    UK economic growth
    The shape of the recovery is not a given but must be decided

    Rishi Sunak should not succumb to premature fiscal retrenchment

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    The great interruption continues

    Leaders should now be asking how we create the strongest feasible recovery

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    Supply chains
    The dangerous war on supply chains

    Protectionism in a crisis only concentrates risk domestically and diminishes economies of scale

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    FT SeriesSummer Books 2020
    Summer books of 2020: Economics

    Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Martin Wolf: what trade wars tell us

    A new book looks at why global conflicts owe more to divisions within countries than between them

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    UK business & economy
    The British must learn from coronavirus mistakes

    Scale of the forecast economic decline reflects the failure to manage the pandemic effectively

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Global Economy
    How Covid-19 will change the world

    The society that will emerge will probably be even less co-operative and effective

  • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
    Global economic growth
    Covid-19 will hit developing countries hard

    The permanence of the losses caused by the pandemic depends on the size of the scars

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    The risks of lifting lockdowns prematurely are very large

    The UK entered the lockdown too late and is now leaving too early

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    European Union
    The EU rises to meet the Covid-19 crisis

    A radical plan from Germany and France transforms Europe’s possibilities

  • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
    Globalisation
    China-US rivalry and threats to globalisation recall ominous past

    The world has been here before and knows that superpower rivalry only brings ruin

  • Friday, 22 May, 2020
    FT SeriesFantasy dinner parties
    Martin Wolf’s fantasy dinner party

    Who makes the guest list for the FT chief economics commentator’s dream meal?

  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    Brexit
    A no-deal Brexit amid the pandemic would be disgraceful

    The wisest thing to do would be to reach a comprehensive free trade agreement with the EU

  • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
    Global Economy
    Why inflation might follow the pandemic

    Governments should finance their debt at today’s ultra-cheap rates with the longest possible maturities

  • Wednesday, 13 May, 2020
    AnalysisGlobal Economy5 min
    Martin Wolf: after the coronavirus pandemic

    What will the world look like when the epidemic is over?

  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
    Eurozone economy
    German court decides to take back control with ECB ruling

    Future historians may mark this as the decisive turning point in Europe’s history towards disintegration

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