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Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

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”.

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  • Wednesday, 4 February, 2026
    Federal Reserve
    Reading the runes on a Warsh Fed

    The presumptive next chair might be better than others on the list, but he is a confusing, perhaps confused, figure

    An illustration showing Kevin Warsh depicted as Atlas, kneeling and holding a large Federal Reserve seal on his shoulders, with a US flag beneath him
  • Monday, 2 February, 2026
    UK politics
    The dilemmas for the UK created by a rupturing world

    New priorities are needed to succeed amid unreliable and competing great powers

    Donald Trump and Keir Starmer face each other and speak at a press conference, with UK and US flags in the background
  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Geopolitics
    The reality of a world after rupture

    Europe has a key role to play in building a successor to the US-led global order

    James Ferguson illustration of a cracked tombstone with the words ‘RIP rules-based international order’ written on it
  • Friday, 23 January, 2026
    The Economics Show podcast25 min listen
    The economy in 2026: What risks lie ahead? With Gita Gopinath

    A conversation with Martin Wolf at Davos on the economic faultlines ahead

  • Tuesday, 20 January, 2026
    Global Economy
    Trump is erasing the global economic order

    The US is no longer predictable nor bound by any fundamental principles of action

    An illustration shows Donald Trump in snow, holding a large red arrow and changing direction, with winding footsteps and arrow path behind him
  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    US-China trade dispute
    The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism

    Liberal trade policies are giving way to frictions that could lead to outright conflict

    A factory worker sews a large red and white national flag at a sewing machine, surrounded by fabric and sewing materials.
  • Wednesday, 14 January, 2026
    US foreign policy
    The Maga war on European democracy

    America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad

    An illustration of Donald Trump holding a cattle prod and prodding a map of Europe, with electric sparks at the contact point
  • Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
    Behind the Money podcast21 min listen
    Martin Wolf on the economy in 2026

    The FT’s chief economics commentator discusses AI, the US Federal Reserve and more

  • Wednesday, 24 December, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast25 min listen
    Martin Wolf speaks to Christine Lagarde: Europe’s ‘existential crisis’

    The economy has been surprisingly resilient but there is much work to do, says the ECB president

  • Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
    InterviewGlobal Economy50 min
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy

    Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman reply to listeners’ questions and comments

  • Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast43 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy

    Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman reply to listeners’ questions and comments

  • Tuesday, 16 December, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Trump’s war on Europe

    American foreign policy now aims to help rightwing nationalists into power across the continent

    Illustration of Donald Trump using the Statue of Liberty as a battering ram against a map of Europe.
  • Wednesday, 10 December, 2025
    European Central Bank
    Lagarde says ECB will probably lift growth forecasts

    Central bank president signals second consecutive upgrade for Eurozone economy

    Christine Lagarde stands outdoors in front of a city skyline, smiling and wearing a dark suit with a vibrant yellow scarf
  • Wednesday, 10 December, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast42 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: America vs the world

    Why a new US security strategy should worry Europe – and delight Beijing

  • Tuesday, 9 December, 2025
    Stablecoins
    Why the world should worry about stablecoins

    Dollar-based digital currencies offer benefits for the US, but Britain and the EU are better off resisting them

    An illustration showing stablecoin tokens with dollar signs forming a large, towering dollar symbol
  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    Global Economy
    Wolf-Krugman: We need to talk about men

    The Economics Show 🤜🤛 FT Alphaville

  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    Brexit
    The UK must do more than go on muddling through

    We need to look at the causes of the country’s dire economic performance

    EU flags in front of Elizabeth Tower
  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    FT Globetrotter
    FT journalists on the books that help explain Washington today

    These books span philosophy, fiction and insider gossip — together, they help contextualise Washington at a tumultuous time

    A person lies on the grass reading a book, with the US Capitol dome blurred in the background.
  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    The Economics ShowGlobal Economy
    Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange returns

    How one year of President Donald Trump has reshaped the world economy, democracy and capitalism

  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    The Economics ShowUS economy49 min
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Maga man and Mamdani

    Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman discuss Trump’s promise to restore a ‘masculine’ economy

    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange - Maga man and Mamdani
  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    The Economics Show podcast38 min listen
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Maga man and Mamdani

    Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman on exploiting male rage – and America’s affordability crisis

  • Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
    Global Economy
    It’s time to sound the alarm on growing fiscal and financial risk

    Rising public debt is one concern — another is how it is being financed

    A snake labelled with the word ‘debt’ is coiling around and about to swallow the Earth
  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Krugman vs Wolf, vibecessions and the US economy’s ‘weird shadows’

    The Economics Show 🤜🤛 Alphaville

  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Rachel Reeves’ case of risky risk aversion

    It is depressing that a government with such a huge majority dares do so little to transform economic prospects

    An illustration of Rachel Reeves in a hospital corridor, examining an x-ray showing the outline of the UK, with a red budget box in the background.
  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    Macroeconomics47 min
    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Trump’s ‘Vibecession’

    Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman take a measure of the US economy – and democracy

    The Wolf-Krugman Exchange Season 2
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