Martin Wolf

Tuesday, 4 June, 2024

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

Tuesday, 2 April, 2024

Brexit28 min

We need to talk about Brexit | FT Film

Politicians prefer to keep it off the agenda but how can Brexit actually work better?

Monday, 1 April, 2024

UK economy

How Labour wants to change the British economy

Their plans should not make things worse. But can they make them better?

Tuesday, 26 March, 2024

Working It15 min listen

How to get ahead without managing people, with Martin Wolf

Climbing the career ladder usually means managing people. Does it have to?

Tuesday, 26 March, 2024

Politics

Fascism has changed, but it is not dead

The 1920s and 1930s were different times but a core of traditional attitudes persists

Tuesday, 19 March, 2024

US politics & policy

Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine

Handing Vladimir Putin an unearned and undeserved victory will only hurt the US

Monday, 18 March, 2024

UK economy

The elusive search for economic transformation

The bigger the challenges the UK faces in restoring its fortunes, the more timid politicians seem to become

Tuesday, 12 March, 2024

Chinese politics & policy

The future of ‘communist capitalism’ in China

The question of whether Xi-ism is killing Deng-ism is growing

Wednesday, 6 March, 2024

UK Budget 2024

Britain needs more than fiscal games

The old budgetary theatre will not help improve the dire performance of the UK economy

Tuesday, 5 March, 2024

Chinese economy

China’s excess savings are a danger

Beijing must dare to choose radical remedies to deal with them

Sunday, 4 February, 2024

UK politics

Dissatisfaction with democracy is corrosive

The UK is caught in a vicious downward spiral at a time when it needs bold leadership and imaginative policy

Tuesday, 30 January, 2024

War in Ukraine

‘Ukraine fatigue’ is unpardonable

Western countries have the resources but now must display the will to ensure Russia does not prevail

Tuesday, 23 January, 2024

Global Economy

The dangers lurking in our messy and unpredictable world

Fragilities in the global economic system are real and must be confronted

Monday, 22 January, 2024

Brexit

The bitter lessons of Brexit

Addressing the UK’s challenges requires more than the performative politics of populist leaders

Friday, 19 January, 2024

The World 2024

Martin Wolf: the world economy’s story remains one of integration

Hyperglobalisation is dead. Globalisation is not

Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

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