Martin Wolf

Monday, 8 July, 2024

Tuesday, 2 July, 2024

Climate change

Market forces are not enough to halt climate change

Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant

Sunday, 30 June, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast36 min listen

Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril

The FT’s renowned commentator reflects on a critical moment for liberal democracy

Tuesday, 25 June, 2024

Unhedged podcast22 min listen

Are we all protectionists now?

One thing Biden and Trump might not be debating is industrial policy

Tuesday, 25 June, 2024

US presidential election 2024

The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats

Many business leaders dismiss fears of a return of the former president to the White House — they are wrong to do so

Monday, 24 June, 2024

News

Podcast: Martin Wolf on democracy’s year of peril

The FT’s chief economics commentator and special guests examine a critical moment for democratic institutions

Monday, 24 June, 2024

UK general election 2024

The absence of honesty in UK election will undermine democracy itself

Treating the voters as mere children can only guarantee ever-rising cynicism

Tuesday, 18 June, 2024

Global Economy

How not to do industrial policy

Politicians should acknowledge how much we could lose in the new era of suspicion, protectionism and interventionism

Tuesday, 18 June, 2024

The FT’s guide to the best books to read this summer

Best summer books of 2024: Economics

Martin Wolf selects his best mid-year reads

Monday, 17 June, 2024

Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast23 min listen

We need to rethink old age, with Martin Wolf

The FT’s chief economics commentator talks about what a life should look like as more of us live into our 80s and 90s and even 100s

Sunday, 16 June, 2024

FT News Briefing podcast43 min listen

Martin Wolf and Raghuram Rajan on democracy’s year of peril

The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks with the renowned Indian economist

Tuesday, 11 June, 2024

Protectionism

Tariffs are bad policy, but good politics

There are excellent reasons why we may want to intervene in the economy but these taxes will rarely be the best way

Monday, 10 June, 2024

UK economy

UK election draws a veil of silence over bitter economic truths

Neither major political party wants the debate that the country needs about taxes, spending and structural reform

Monday, 10 June, 2024

The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast26 min listen

Thinking about the global economy with Martin Wolf

Martin Wolf and Soumaya Keynes discuss China, AI and the outlook for interest rates

Tuesday, 4 June, 2024

US foreign policy

Nationalism threatens the world order

If America retreats from its security guarantee of Europe, the consequences for global stability will be dire

Tuesday, 28 May, 2024

Demographics and population

From the baby boom to the baby bust

Falling fertility rates are one of the biggest challenges facing our world

Monday, 13 May, 2024

Ageing Populations

Increased longevity will bring profound social change

People will have to work longer and pension systems will need to be transformed

Tuesday, 7 May, 2024

US presidential election 2024

Biden has to find a way to convince Americans on the economy

Trump’s rhetorical style seems to appeal more to voters than the economic reality

Tuesday, 30 April, 2024

Global Economy

We risk a lost decade for the world’s poor

The elimination of extreme poverty is slipping from our grasp

Monday, 29 April, 2024

UK inflation

What we must still learn about the great inflation disaster

Past and present policymakers should ask more searching questions about the causes and impact of the price surge

Tuesday, 23 April, 2024

US inflation

The tricky judgments on when to loosen

An ECB interest rate cut soon would make sense but the Fed faces a more difficult call in the US

Tuesday, 16 April, 2024

Global economic growth

The shadow of war darkens on the global economy

Short-term performance has been surprisingly good but policymakers are walking on eggshells

Monday, 15 April, 2024

UK economy

The UK needs a reform road map to avoid stagnation

There are four clear ways to fix the current economic mess

Tuesday, 9 April, 2024

Sovereign debt

The tree of debt must stop growing

Since the era of ultra-low interest rates ended, large-scale government borrowing is looking more and more problematic

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

Populism

For all its faults, democracy is still better than autocracy

All the evidence shows that despotism cannot consistently deliver the economic goods for developing countries

Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

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