Jan 22, 2013

America’s fiscal policy is not in crisis

Ingram Pinn illustration

The urgent challenge is to promote economic recovery

Ingram Pinn ©Ingram Pinn Dec 5, 2012

Time to use room for manoeuvre

Specious to blame events beyond government control

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Welcome, Mr Carney – Britain needs you

The next BoE governor must chart a voyage back to something close to normality

©J McHugh Nov 2, 2012

UK rushes needlessly towards the EU exit

The country should be patient and not act in haste

Nov 1, 2012

Radical paths to rebalance the UK economy

The BoE could purchase foreign, rather than domestic, assets

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Romney would be a backward step

Pressing need for a far more nuanced debate about the economic future

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A slow convalescence under Obama

The US economy has not performed badly, but recovery could have been stronger

Oct 18, 2012

Britain does not have to accept stagnation

There is no reason to persist with a flawed strategy and ignore other ideas

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The fund warns and encourages

It is time for those with the responsibility that comes with power to take action

Ferauson illustration ©Ferguson Oct 9, 2012

Lessons from history on public debt

How did the UK’s interwar fiscal famine and monetary necrophilia work? Badly

Oct 4, 2012

Liikanen is at least a step forward for EU banks

Since the sector is too big to save, safety must be the priority

Oct 2, 2012

Is unlimited growth a thing of the past?

Today’s information age is full of sound and fury signifying little

Sep 25, 2012

Why exit is an option for Germany

After another reminder of a miserable marriage, a separation might be better

Sep 20, 2012

Puzzle of falling UK labour productivity

Labour hoarding, substitution of labour for capital and failings in finance are only part of the answer

Sep 18, 2012

Bernanke makes a historic choice

Fed is correct in its decision to err on the side of expansion

Sep 11, 2012

Draghi alone cannot save the euro

The ECB has done what it can and has won some time but the main challenge remains

Aug 20, 2012

Paul Ryan’s plan for America is not credible

The idea that Republicans care about the deficit does not pass the laugh test

Jul 12, 2012

Seven ways to clean up our banking ‘cesspit’

It is understandable that recent scandals have enraged the public. But it is a risky basis for policy

Jul 10, 2012

We still have that sinking feeling

The heart of the matter is accelerating de-leveraging, while promoting recovery

Jul 3, 2012

A step at last in the right direction

The most positive move is towards breaking the links between banks and sovereigns

ABOUT MARTIN

Martin Wolf 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 of Nottingham.

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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