Martin Wolf
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Joined November 2012
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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 on.ft.com/3U9nwJP
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Martin Wolf: Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world? ft.trib.al/eUbAqmO

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?

Anne Applebaum on why the US elections matter far beyond America

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Martin Wolf: Malcolm Wiener, financier and scholar, 1935-2026 ft.trib.al/zqtRA1X

Malcolm Wiener, financier and scholar, 1935-2026

He used his fortune to fund the study of the Aegean Bronze Age

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Martin Wolf: Britain cannot build its future by returning to the 1970s ft.trib.al/Ii3OQwH

Britain cannot build its future by returning to the 1970s

The past is always a foreign country

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Martin Wolf: Investors fret over AI debt ft.trib.al/ZinogiV

Investors fret over AI debt

Debt issued by AI infrastructure providers has sunk to increasingly stressed levels

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Martin Wolf: Is American democracy safe? Martin Wolf on the US midterms ft.trib.al/CHaZhfM

Is American democracy safe? Martin Wolf on the US midterms

The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks to former Republican adviser Robert Kagan

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Martin Wolf: Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Is American democracy safe? ft.trib.al/LOaoCX3

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Is American democracy safe?

Martin Wolf and former Republican adviser Robert Kagan on the stakes for US democracy

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Martin Wolf: The global economy and the art of living dangerously ft.trib.al/p7pUg5P

The global economy’s art of living dangerously

It would be nice to think that the world will become less shock-prone, but it probably won’t

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Martin Wolf: What comes next with the energy shock? ft.trib.al/l47lth9

How much longer can the world absorb the Iran shock?

The disruption to oil supply, oil prices and the world economy has been surprisingly manageable so far

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Martin Wolf: Is the world really drowning in debt? ft.trib.al/HO81VzM

Is the world really drowning in debt?

We may not be on the eve of disaster but room for manoeuvre is shrinking for major economies

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Martin Wolf: A message for the chancellor: the time is now ripe for tax reform ft.trib.al/yenCsHh

A message for the chancellor: the time is now ripe for tax reform

Healey’s challenge is to improve the efficiency of the UK’s fiscal system

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Martin Wolf: The battle between the Fed and Trump ft.trib.al/EWIi1bF

The battle between the Fed and Trump

What happens when a fundamentally strong economy faces an irresponsible government?

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Martin Wolf: With AI, ‘I told you so’ will be too late ft.trib.al/mAxvmZl

With AI, ‘I told you so’ will be too late

Reducing the speed of innovation is going to be hard, both practically and politically, but it is the right decision

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Martin Wolf: A ‘lucky’ chancellor must also be a resolute one ft.trib.al/LFbJV1W

A ‘lucky’ chancellor must also be a resolute one

It is crucial to convince the lenders on whom the UK depends that it is being managed by grown-ups

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Martin Wolf: Warsh might yet be a good Fed chair ft.trib.al/tlNFg7Q

Warsh might yet be a good Fed chair

He must stay clear on the objectives of policy and sensible on how the central bank should conduct itself

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Martin Wolf: The wheels are coming off the US world order ft.trib.al/2hsVhFd

The wheels are coming off the US world order

Trump believes in a world in which there are no allies, only satellites, and in which power is America’s alone to wield

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Martin Wolf: Is it too late to save liberal democracy? ft.trib.al/Qw5jsbf

Is it too late to save liberal democracy?

Martin Wolf on Daron Acemoglu’s urgent rallying cry for a new politics of shared prosperity

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Martin Wolf: Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists? ft.trib.al/Zon49hK

Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists?

China’s high degree of self-sufficiency also reduces its vulnerability to coercion by others

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Martin Wolf: Burnham must remember the first rule of government ft.trib.al/2rZLg8l

Burnham must remember the first rule of government

The biggest mistake of all would be to imagine the country enjoys a free fiscal lunch. In fact, it only has hard choices

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Martin Wolf: The next crash: why this time might not be different ft.trib.al/Spd6bEf

The next crash: why this time might not be different

Stock markets are not only ignoring the obvious threats, but seem imbued with extreme optimism

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Martin Wolf: Is the US or Europe better off? ft.trib.al/UqzT7OB

Is the US or Europe better off?

Comparing the two economies is harder than it seems

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