Martin Wolf

Tuesday, 15 April, 2025

Monday, 14 April, 2025

UK labour productivity

Global turmoil makes Britain’s productivity predicament even worse

The situation is dire and only active policymaking is going to make a difference

Monday, 14 April, 2025

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

Martin Wolf talks to Mervyn King: why central banks got inflation wrong

The former BoE governor says ‘groupthink’ was an issue

Wednesday, 9 April, 2025

The best books of the week

Five books to boost your understanding of tariffs and trade wars

As tariffs escalate, FT specialists recommend titles that explain the forces and ideas shaping trade policy in recent decades, including President Trump’s trade war

Tuesday, 8 April, 2025

Trump tariffs

Trump’s tariffs will damage the world

The trade deficits will remain roughly unchanged — the globe will just end up poorer

Tuesday, 1 April, 2025

Chinese politics & policy

China senses an opportunity in Trump’s cultural revolution

Policymakers in Beijing believe they will benefit from the destruction of America’s global credibility

Monday, 31 March, 2025

UK economy

Fiscal tweaks won’t solve Britain’s growth problem

The government must embark on a much more radical programme of structural reforms

Thursday, 27 March, 2025

ExplainerFT Film30 min

Why governments are 'addicted' to debt | FT Film

With developed economies around the world loaded up with debt, at what point does the bond market break?

Tuesday, 25 March, 2025

Macroeconomics

Trumponomics is putting lipstick on a policy pig

How do technocrats expect the needed macroeconomic adjustments to occur?

Tuesday, 18 March, 2025

Global trade

Will anybody buy a ‘Mar-a-Lago accord’?

The US president wants both to protect domestic manufacturing and hold the dollar as the reserve currency

Monday, 17 March, 2025

UK economy

What should Reeves and Starmer say and do next?

The government needs to view the hard times coming upon us as an opportunity, as well as a crisis

Tuesday, 11 March, 2025

Geopolitics

How Europe can take up America’s mantle

The continent is an economic superpower but it now has to mobilise in defence of democracy

Monday, 10 March, 2025

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

Martin Wolf talks to Keyu Jin: Has China’s economy run out of gas?

The property crash and trade war are taking their toll

Tuesday, 4 March, 2025

US trade

The economic costs of Trump’s assault on the global order

America is trying to undo the very system of open trade that it created

Monday, 3 March, 2025

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

Martin Wolf talks to Adair Turner: Can the world decarbonise fast enough?

China, not the US, may be the key to tackling climate change

Monday, 3 March, 2025

UK defence

How to respond to the realities of a more dangerous world

Spending on defence will need to rise substantially if the UK is to meet the challenges it faces

Tuesday, 25 February, 2025

Geopolitics

The US is now the enemy of the west

Washington has decided to abandon both Ukraine and its postwar role in the world

Monday, 24 February, 2025

The Economics Show podcast36 min listen

Martin Wolf talks to Richard Baldwin: What’s the future of global trade?

Is technology making tariffs redundant?

Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

US politics & policy

In defence of the state

A complex society is best served by a competent, professional and neutral public service

Monday, 17 February, 2025

UK politics

We must fund oppositions properly to save democracy

Without resources, they will be grossly unprepared for the difficult business of governing

Tuesday, 11 February, 2025

Foreign aid

The case for persisting with foreign aid

Until now, the US has been a strikingly benign and successful hegemon

Tuesday, 4 February, 2025

Trump tariffs

Predictability is the victim of Trump’s tariff threats

An inconsistent US is an unreliable partner — it’s that simple

Monday, 3 February, 2025

UK economy

The long hard slog to reach the goal of faster growth

Britain is in a hole and the government is right to try to dig it out

Tuesday, 28 January, 2025

Artificial intelligence

We will have to learn to live with machines that can think

The impact of artificial intelligence on productivity could be epoch-making

Monday, 27 January, 2025

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen

Martin Wolf talks to Arvind Subramanian: India, the next economic superpower?

Can India’s economy maintain rapid growth, or is it about to come unstuck?

Martin Wolf

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