Martin Wolf

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Nov 24, 2022

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

martinwolf_'s tweet image. 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@martinwolf_ · Jun 9

Martin Wolf: British pension policy is finally stepping in the right direction on.ft.com/45ahO3K

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Consolidation of funds makes evident sense, bringing economies of scale and scope

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 22

Martin Wolf: The Ukraine war will shape the world on.ft.com/44KR49v

martinwolf_'s tweet card. We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 21

Martin Wolf: How to help the financial sector promote growth — and how not to on.ft.com/3GV55YY

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Encouraging institutions to get bigger by taking risks is the opposite of what Reeves should do

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 15

Martin Wolf: A return to tariffs, Taco or not on.ft.com/4eNM6vP

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Trump’s focus on the goods of the past is ridiculous. What matters is competitiveness in the future

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 12

Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: your questions answered on.ft.com/4lQeIXN

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman go through the mailbag of listeners’ questions and comments

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 8

Martin Wolf: Trump’s assault on American greatness on.ft.com/4nC0dbF

martinwolf_'s tweet card. In just six months, the US president has made huge strides in advancing his agenda

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 7

Martin Wolf: The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy on.ft.com/44hIZsE

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Political responses to a bad situation tend towards either charlatanism or timidity

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 2

Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The future of the postwar system on.ft.com/40ujyl8

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Can US democracy and the postwar economic system survive the Trump administration?

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jul 1

Martin Wolf: The risks of funding states via casinos on.ft.com/44I1qqn

martinwolf_'s tweet card. 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@martinwolf_ · Jun 24

Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: AI hype vs reality on.ft.com/449e2W5

martinwolf_'s tweet card. What impact will advances in AI have on the economy and our societies?

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 24

Martin Wolf: Why global imbalances do matter on.ft.com/3T7EEBY

martinwolf_'s tweet card. 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@martinwolf_ · Jun 23

Martin Wolf: The copyright war between the AI industry and creatives on.ft.com/3Tz75IX

martinwolf_'s tweet card. We have surely gone beyond being able to give the tech sector the benefit of the doubt

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 18

Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: The economy in an uncertain world on.ft.com/3SYOEgO

martinwolf_'s tweet card. What impact do gatherings like the G7 have in times of global instability?

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 18

Martin Wolf: The best economic books to read this summer on.ft.com/3HNAT23

martinwolf_'s tweet card. The FT’s chief economics commentator selects his best mid-year reads

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 17

Martin Wolf: For whom does Trump govern? on.ft.com/4n532Sr

martinwolf_'s tweet card. The Big Beautiful Bill Act is a classic example of pluto-populism

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 12

Martin Wolf: Podcast: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange on.ft.com/4mUoObv

martinwolf_'s tweet card. With huge economic and political shifts taking place, what will replace the old world order?

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 11

Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: how the old economic order fell out of favour on.ft.com/4ktWKtM

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Huge economic and political shifts are taking place. How did we get here?

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 10

Martin Wolf: An ever riskier world economy on.ft.com/4kI1aO0

martinwolf_'s tweet card. Trump’s tariff war brings with it unpredictability and a consequent loss of confidence

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 6

Martin Wolf: Stanley Fischer, economist, 1943-2025 on.ft.com/4kAwLkC

martinwolf_'s tweet card. He was among the most influential macroeconomists of his generation

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Martin Wolf@martinwolf_ · Jun 6

Martin Wolf: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: the crisis of trust on.ft.com/3ZML4Kb

martinwolf_'s tweet card. The old economic order is dead. What will replace it?

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