Martin Wolf | Financial Times

Thursday, 17 June, 2021

Rachman Review podcast20 min listen

Martin Wolf on G7 opportunities missed

What are the next steps after the summit

Tuesday, 15 June, 2021

Protectionism

The US should spurn the false promise of protectionism

America’s economy suffers from inequality and poor labour performance but this is not due to global trade

Sunday, 13 June, 2021

Pensions industry

Radical reform of British pension provision is urgent

Existing defined benefit pension funds should be consolidated and opened to a new generation of savers

Friday, 11 June, 2021

ReviewEconomics books

How ‘creative destruction’ drives innovation and prosperity

Martin Wolf on Philippe Aghion and collaborators’ defence of capitalism and the need for regulation and a social safety net

Tuesday, 8 June, 2021

Federal Reserve

The Fed risks reacting too slowly if inflation keeps rising

And that will be bad news for the rest of the world economy as it recovers from the pandemic

Tuesday, 1 June, 2021

Global Economy

A windfall for poor countries is within reach

High-income states can help by lending on their IMF special drawing rights

Sunday, 30 May, 2021

UK business & economy

The 2020s are set to be a decisive economic decade for the UK

Failure to address multiple challenges facing the country will result in national decline

Tuesday, 25 May, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

We can end the Covid pandemic in the next year

This is a global war but bold action on vaccines gives our governments the opportunity to win it

Tuesday, 18 May, 2021

US Inflation

There are reasons to worry about US inflation

Both monetary and fiscal policy are, by historical standards, wildly expansionary

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Sunday, 16 May, 2021

Urban planning

Why radical reform of urban planning is essential

The idea that we have no land left for houses is absurd. We should base policy on demand, not “need”

Tuesday, 11 May, 2021

US politics & policy

The struggle for the survival of US democracy

As Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican party tightens, Joe Biden is playing for huge stakes — and he knows it

Tuesday, 4 May, 2021

Climate change

Action must replace talk on climate change

If the COP26 summit is to be the decisive moment it should be, three things must be done

Sunday, 2 May, 2021

Climate change

The UK must try harder if it is to lead the world on climate

Government should get to work on a credible plan for taxing emissions

Tuesday, 27 April, 2021

US economy

China is wrong to think the US faces inevitable decline

Its economic assets are too great and, while America could falter, that would be its choice and not its fate

Tuesday, 20 April, 2021

Coronavirus economic impact

Economic recovery masks the dangers of a divided world

Nothing would be more foolish than policymakers in rich countries turning away from global challenges

Monday, 12 April, 2021

FT CollectionsEconomists Exchange

Larry Summers: ‘I’m concerned that what is being done is substantially excessive’

Former treasury secretary criticises the scale of Biden’s fiscal policy and warns it could lead to overheating and wasted resources

Friday, 9 April, 2021

ObituaryRobert Mundell

Robert Mundell, economist, 1932-2021

Canadian Nobel Prize winner who became the father of international macroeconomics

Friday, 26 March, 2021

The best of FT Weekend Spring Festival 20212 min

Anne Case: ‘The labour force has lost its voice’

Three economists give their take on the post-Covid economy

Friday, 26 March, 2021

Personal Finance

The return of the inflation spectre

Growing worries about the return of a long-forgotten bugbear highlight increasing risks for savers

Tuesday, 23 March, 2021

Coronavirus economic impact

Hopes and fears of the global recovery

The good news is growth is accelerating; the bad news is major economic, health and social risks remain

Sunday, 21 March, 2021

UK property

British housing is expensive and its supply must increase

Relative prices are higher than at any time since the 1880s, except for the year before the financial crisis

Tuesday, 16 March, 2021

Global Economy

Economies can survive a stock market crash

If a correction is due to higher rates and stronger growth, it would not matter much — except to investors

Thursday, 11 March, 2021

FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

Martin Wolf looks back at the pandemic one year later

FT chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, assesses how governments performed during the pandemic

Tuesday, 9 March, 2021

Climate change

Humanity is a cuckoo in the planetary nest

It has fallen to our generation to take responsibility for the planet and here is how to do it

Saturday, 6 March, 2021

UK Budget

Rishi Sunak takes an axe to Thatcher’s low-tax ideology

Planned increases are a move away from Conservative orthodoxy but may deter business investment

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