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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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  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
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    With huge economic and political shifts taking place, what will replace the old world order?

  • Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Trump’s assault on American greatness

    In just six months, the US president has made huge strides in advancing his agenda

    Illustration of a US eagle with his feet tied with a red ribbon and his beak in a muzzle
  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    UK economy
    The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy

    Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity

    Shoppers walk along Oxford Street in London
  • Wednesday, 2 July, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast44 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The future of the postwar system

    Can US democracy and the postwar economic system survive the Trump administration?

  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    Global Economy
    The risks of funding states via casinos

    It is easy to imagine conditions in which money simply dries up, perhaps in response to large movements in bond yields

    Illustration of the planet Earth in the dark, encircled with roulette wheel ring
  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    US economy
    Why global imbalances do matter

    If the US wants to accelerate a worldwide discussion with a policy intervention, the obvious one would be a tax on capital inflows

    Illustration of Donald Trump walking on a tightrope between two signs, one that reads ‘imports’ and the other ‘exports’
  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast42 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: AI hype vs reality

    What impact will advances in AI have on the economy and our societies?

  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Intellectual property
    The copyright war between the AI industry and creatives

    We have surely gone beyond being able to give the tech sector the benefit of the doubt

    Music creators and politicians take part in a protest in London calling on the UK government to ditch plans to allow tech firms to use their work without payment or permission
  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    World46 min
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The economy in an uncertain world

    What impact do gatherings like the G7 have in times of global instability and can they solve enduring problems?

  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    Summer books 2025: the best titles of the year so far
    Martin Wolf on the best economic books to read this summer

    The FT’s chief economics commentator selects his best mid-year reads

  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast43 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The economy in an uncertain world

    What impact do gatherings like the G7 have in times of global instability?

  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    US economy
    For whom does Trump govern?

    The Big Beautiful Bill Act is a classic example of pluto-populism

    Illustration of Statue of Liberty on orange sky background
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    Global Economy50 min
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: how the old economic order fell out of favour

    Huge economic and political shifts are taking place. How did we get here?

  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast47 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: how the old economic order fell out of favour

    Huge economic and political shifts are taking place. How did we get here?

  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Global economic growth
    An ever riskier world economy

    Trump’s tariff war brings with it unpredictability and a consequent loss of confidence

    James Ferguson illustration of a cross-fingered handshake
  • Monday, 9 June, 2025
    Workplace pensions
    British pension policy is finally stepping in the right direction

    Consolidation of funds makes evident sense, bringing economies of scale and scope

    Staff from Dundee University hold a rally in City Square
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    ObituaryStanley Fischer
    Stanley Fischer, economist, 1943-2025

    He was among the most influential macroeconomists of his generation

    Stanley Fischer
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast44 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: the crisis of trust

    The old economic order is dead. What will replace it?

  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    Sovereign bonds
    Interest rates are normal, the world is not

    Given all this fragility, recessionary or inflationary shocks — or even both together — are conceivable

    James Ferguson illustration of a price tag showing zero per cent and tied with Donald Trump’s red tie
  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    UK economy
    BoE policymaker plays down inflation risk in call for rate cuts

    Alan Taylor says price rises are being driven by one-off factors as he stressed hit from Trump trade war

    Alan Taylor
  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    InterviewUK economy
    Alan Taylor: we have flipped the switch from the ‘great moderation’

    The professor and MPC member on making monetary policy in an age of uncertainty

    Leonie Woods illustration of the portraits of Martin Wolf and Sam Fleming for Economists Exchange
  • Monday, 26 May, 2025
    UK trade
    The UK’s trade performance remains dire

    Deals struck recently with the US, EU and India will not make a significant difference to Britain’s parlous position

    Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    US dollar
    Trump’s assault on the global dollar

    The difficulty is that, however unsatisfactory the hegemon might be, the alternatives look worse

    James Ferguson illustration of a hand, wearing a Maga cufflink, about to flip a silver dollar
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Global trade
    The challenge of using excess global savings

    We now seem unable to turn the surplus in some countries into productive investment elsewhere

    Illustration of a piggy bank in a trolley with a chain hanging from the pig’s nose and a sign on the end reading ‘tariff’
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
    US-China trade dispute
    The old global economic order is dead

    China and others must think afresh as the US steps away from its role as balancer of last resort

    James Ferguson illustration of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping standing on the globe as they engage in a tug of war  using a yellow ribbon with the word tariffs repeated across it
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