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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
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Martin Wolf: Capitalism and Its Critics by John Cassidy — lessons from the global economy’s ‘permanent revolution’
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A well-researched A to Z of capitalism’s most influential commentators from one of the world’s leading economic writers
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Martin Wolf: Germany’s spending gamble | FT Film
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For decades Germany was allergic to debt. But new chancellor Friedrich Merz has - unexpectedly - loosened the country’s constitutional debt brake, injecting hundreds of billions of euros into the...
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Martin Wolf: The Ukraine war will shape the world
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We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s
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Martin Wolf: How to help the financial sector promote growth — and how not to
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Encouraging institutions to get bigger by taking risks is the opposite of what Reeves should do
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Martin Wolf: A return to tariffs, Taco or not
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Trump’s focus on the goods of the past is ridiculous. What matters is competitiveness in the future
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Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: your questions answered
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Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman go through the mailbag of listeners’ questions and comments
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Martin Wolf: Trump’s assault on American greatness
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In just six months, the US president has made huge strides in advancing his agenda
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Martin Wolf: The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy
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Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity
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Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The future of the postwar system
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Can US democracy and the postwar economic system survive the Trump administration?
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Martin Wolf: The risks of funding states via casinos
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It is easy to imagine conditions in which money simply dries up, perhaps in response to large movements in bond yields
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Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: AI hype vs reality
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What impact will advances in AI have on the economy and our societies?
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Martin Wolf: Why global imbalances do matter
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If the US wants to accelerate a worldwide discussion with a policy intervention, the obvious one would be a tax on capital inflows
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Martin Wolf: The copyright war between the AI industry and creatives
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We have surely gone beyond being able to give the tech sector the benefit of the doubt
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Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The economy in an uncertain world
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What impact do gatherings like the G7 have in times of global instability?
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Martin Wolf: The best economic books to read this summer
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The FT’s chief economics commentator selects his best mid-year reads
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Martin Wolf: For whom does Trump govern?
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The Big Beautiful Bill Act is a classic example of pluto-populism
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Martin Wolf: Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange
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With huge economic and political shifts taking place, what will replace the old world order?
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Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: how the old economic order fell out of favour
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Huge economic and political shifts are taking place. How did we get here?
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Martin Wolf: An ever riskier world economy
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Trump’s tariff war brings with it unpredictability and a consequent loss of confidence
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Martin Wolf: British pension policy is finally stepping in the right direction
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