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    Martin Sandbu

    European Economics Commentator

    Martin Sandbu is the Financial Times's European economics commentator. He also writes Free Lunch, the FT's weekly newsletter on the global economic policy debate. He has been writing for the FT since 2009, when he joined the paper as economics leader writer.

    Before joining the FT, he worked in academia and policy consulting. He is the author of three books, on business ethics, the euro, and on the economics of belonging.

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    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Free LunchRussian politics
      Sanctions on Russia need constant strengthening Premium content

      It’s a cat-and-mouse game where the cat had better win

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      EU economy
      The trilemma that EU leaders must tackle

      There are clear contradictions in Europe’s desire to invest more, maintain strict budgets and avoid common spending

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Free LunchCredit Suisse Group AG
      Policymakers are bungling their response to failing banks

      You are doomed to repeat the errors of the last crisis if you don’t use the tools put in place since then

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Free LunchSilicon Valley Bank
      The Silicon Valley Bank fallout makes the case for digital currencies Premium content

      If we think all deposits must be safe, what is the point of banks?

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      It is time to tighten sanctions on Russian state assets

      The west needs to extend its blocking measures to Moscow’s ‘shadow reserves’

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Free LunchRussian business & finance
      Chasing Russia’s shadow reserves Premium content

      If you were Putin, where would you put your hard currency energy revenues?

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      Examining Russia’s unsanctioned cash pile Premium content

      ‘Shadow reserves’ from energy earnings undermine restrictions on central bank

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      What to do with Russia’s blocked reserves Premium content

      Legal arguments over confiscating central bank assets must be economically literate

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      There is too much we don’t know about Russia’s central bank reserves Premium content

      Ignorance is not bliss in sanctions policy

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine is fighting for a way of life as much as for its territory

      Russia’s domestic political repression contrasts with flourishing competition and a strong civil society

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      If you want peace in Ukraine, double down on (economic) war Premium content

      There is more — much more — that can be done with sanctions against Russia

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      EU economy
      These tools could help bring Ukraine into the EU

      It is crucial to find paths where looming political challenges don’t prevent real progress today

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Free LunchUK economic growth
      Bold (but not crazy) solutions to Britain’s growth problem Premium content

      The three simplest steps the UK could take that would make a real difference

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Free LunchGlobal economic growth
      The bad news in the good economic news Premium content

      Evidence is accumulating that tightening is not a good idea, but the IMF is not for turning

    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      EU economy
      The EU should welcome a green subsidy race

      Europe must not let itself be spooked by the US commitment to bankroll the climate transition

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Free LunchNorway
      Norway’s exodus of billionaires Premium content

      Making sense of the world’s least important migration crisis

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Free LunchMacroeconomics
      Bank of Japan 2 — Markets 1 Premium content

      Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and his colleagues are right to keep yield curve control in place

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Sweden
      Sweden is navigating an international identity crisis

      War in Ukraine and economic activism in Europe are causing Stockholm to nuance traditional stances

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Free LunchEuro
      Reasons for confidence in the euro Premium content

      More nuanced thinking on both the currency and its inflation prospects

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Euro
      Monetary independence is overrated, and the euro is riding high

      Old misgivings about the currency are increasingly unpersuasive — it is becoming more attractive by the day

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Free LunchMacroeconomics
      When wage inflation is good for you Premium content

      And some New Year readings on the biggest economics themes affecting us

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      Central banks
      Central banks should beware mistaking wage rises for an inflation problem

      Profound changes in labour markets since the pandemic may mean that many workers and companies are more productive

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      The west must massively upgrade its financial commitments to Ukraine Premium content

      The country’s friends are inching towards accepting the magnitude of the challenge — but too slowly

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Free LunchEuropean manufacturing
      Where next for Europe’s industry? Premium content

      More evidence that factories have weathered the energy crisis well

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      EU energy
      Europe should not protest too much on energy

      Policymakers should accelerate reduced carbon usage and build up high-tech, knowledge-intensive industries

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