May 8, 2012
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May 8, 2012
May 3, 2012
Flexibility is no sin when policy is failing
The government’s mistake was to announce fixed fiscal plans for so many years ahead
May 1, 2012
After the bonfire of the verities
The new world of post-crisis central banking will create significant institutional and intellectual challenges
- Philipp Hildebrand Now is not the time for boring central bankers
- Analysis Brave but bloated
Apr 24, 2012
Banks are on a eurozone knife-edge
The immediate priority is to give the countries in difficulty the time to achieve stability
- Economy to shrink 5%
- Global Insight Crisis of legitimacy
Apr 19, 2012
Some Tolstoyan advice for the UK on debt
It is comforting the economy could do better, not so comforting that it is not
Apr 17, 2012
Why the eurozone may yet survive
Members remain absolutely committed to the ideal of an integrated Europe
Apr 10, 2012
Why the Bundesbank is wrong
The eurozone must manage a difficult convalescence, with a good chance of more attacks
Apr 3, 2012
Two cheers for China’s rebalancing
Despite progress on current account and trade surpluses, the domestic adjustment required is bigger than before the crisis
- The A-List Yukon Huang - Grading China’s leadership
- The Short View China’s great capital walls are falling down
Mar 29, 2012
Why public finance of political parties is justified
Scandals are damaging political legitimacy
Mar 27, 2012
Prepare for a new era of oil shocks
The world will be vulnerable to high prices so long as supply remains stagnant, demand buoyant and unrest likely
Mar 21, 2012
A Budget without economic significance
Osborne’s influence on whether there will be a recovery by 2014 is now essentially zero
Mar 20, 2012
How to blow away China’s gathering storm clouds
A record of economic success does not guarantee a comparable future
Mar 15, 2012
Why quantitative easing is the only game in town
The central bank’s ultra-cheap money might create zombie businesses, writes Martin Wolf
Mar 13, 2012
A hard slog in the foothills of debt
It is essential to map out the road to deleveraging
Mar 6, 2012
The pain in Spain will test the euro
There is little to suggest a way has been found towards the necessary rebalancing of the eurozone economy
From
LIFE & ARTS
Mar 3, 2012
The wealth of nations
The FT’s chief economics commentator reviews two new books on the role of political institutions in a country’s economic success
Mar 1, 2012
Why reform of House of Lords is a botch
Huge effort about to be devoted to ill-conceived change
Feb 28, 2012
China is right to open up slowly
Discussion is needed for a successful timetable of reform
Feb 21, 2012
Prepare for a golden age of gas
Shale gas underlines the ingenuity of those engaged in finding new sources of energy
About Martin
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”. Mr Wolf is an honorary fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, honorary fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, an honorary fellow of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy (Oxonia) and an honorary professor at the University ofNottingham.
He has been a forum fellow at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos since 1999 and a member of its International Media Council since 2006. He was made a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, by Nottingham University in July 2006. He was made a Doctor of Science (Economics) of London University, honoris causa, by the London School of Economics in December 2006. He was a member of the UK government's Independent Commission on Banking in 2010-2011. Martin's most recent publications are Why Globalization Works and Fixing Global Finance.
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