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An automated feed of FT content by Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. Account maintained by FT's social media team.
London, UK
Joined November 2012
I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, which explores the relationship between democracy and capitalism, why it is unravelling and how to reverse this disastrous development https://t.co/9wSMYRJUh6
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Martin Wolf: Krugman vs Wolf, vibecessions and the US economy’s ‘weird shadows’
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The Economics Show 🤜🤛 Alphaville
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Martin Wolf: Rachel Reeves’ case of risky risk aversion
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It is depressing that a government with such a huge majority dares do so little to transform economic prospects
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Martin Wolf: Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange returns
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How one year of President Donald Trump has reshaped the world economy, democracy and capitalism
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Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Trump’s ‘Vibecession’
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As President Donald Trump approaches the one-year anniversary of his second term in office, the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, and Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman sit down...
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Martin Wolf: The fracturing of the world economy
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Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?
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Martin Wolf: How to get the UK out of its economic hole
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Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country
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Martin Wolf: Best books of 2025: Economics
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Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
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Martin Wolf: Can a fragmented Europe continue to prosper?
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What once made its sovereign states powerful and rich could now be a barrier to their remaining so
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Martin Wolf: The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour
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In education, labour and housing we risk going back towards what we know will not work
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Martin Wolf: The UK tax system is a mess — these are priorities for Reeves to reform
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The list of inconsistencies goes on and on. Nobody should have designed such an absurdity
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Martin Wolf: Martin Wolf on the economics of populism
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A conversation about the long-term measurable effects of populist policies
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Martin Wolf: Reeves must get whatever growth she can
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Improved standards of living are the foundation of modern democracy
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Martin Wolf: The need to tighten UK fiscal policy is also an opportunity
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Keir Starmer’s government should seize the chance to make radical reforms
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Martin Wolf: The hard task of exiting the populist trap
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Javier Milei’s plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies
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Martin Wolf: The world economy in an age of disorder
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It is dangerous to have confidence in what lies ahead
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Martin Wolf: Trump’s tariffs won’t deliver many jobs
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Nostalgia is not a strategy: the past cannot return
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Martin Wolf: A world with two predatory superpowers
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Nations must work out how to contend with Trump’s America and China
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Martin Wolf: Confessions of the FT’s coffee geeks
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How Martin Wolf, Jemima Kelly, Robert Smith and other FT writers fell under the spell of speciality coffee
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I’m taking part in a unique auction: you can bid to have lunch with me, and support the FT’s Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign! Join the conversation: https://t.co/ZREfA2UQcS
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This was a discussion I enjoyed on the economics of the UK housing market
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Podcast Episode · The Return: Property & Investment Podcast · 28/08/2025 · 25m
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