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Martin Wolf on saving democratic capitalism

The FT’s chief economics commentator is worried

Sunday, 28 May, 2023

UK politics & policy

Citizens’ juries can help fix democracy

Western polities are ailing — deliberative assemblies would revivify them

Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

G7

The G7 must accept that it cannot run the world

American hegemony and the group’s economic dominance are now history

Tuesday, 16 May, 2023

US budget

America is hurt by its debt ceiling theatre of the absurd

The only reason a default is conceivable is the depth of disagreement in the country

Sunday, 14 May, 2023

UK privatisation

How to fix Britain’s water industry

Privatisation has not delivered on its promises, but it is not clear that the state would be a more reliable custodian

Tuesday, 9 May, 2023

Artificial intelligence

The threat and promise of artificial intelligence

It might be the most transformative technology of all for human beings’ sense of themselves

Tuesday, 2 May, 2023

Media

Media lies threaten the truth and decency on which democracy depends

One has to hope that the electorate and judiciary will remain robust against future efforts at subversion

Sunday, 30 April, 2023

UK inflation

The costs of entrenched high inflation cannot be ignored

The Bank of England may not be able to fix everything but it must get this under control

Tuesday, 25 April, 2023

Global Economy

US-China relations have entered a frightening new era

Economic co-operation with Beijing will be harder than recent speeches by Janet Yellen and Ursula von der Leyen suggest

Tuesday, 18 April, 2023

Global Economy

The future of interest rates is a riddle

Inflation’s comeback has changed the world — but how much we don’t yet know

Sunday, 16 April, 2023

UK economic growth

The UK’s future depends on improving economic performance

Unfortunately politicians remain unable to offer a plausible account of how this can be achieved

Tuesday, 11 April, 2023

Global Economy

Japan, Germany and the challenge of excess savings

Tokyo is trapped when it comes to managing this structural issue

Tuesday, 4 April, 2023

Global trade

Waging war on trade will be costly

The US risks reversing nine decades of hugely successful policy that lifted tens of millions out of poverty

Sunday, 2 April, 2023

UK financial regulation

The UK needs to learn its own lessons from the banking crisis

A shock like this should make mindless deregulation less appealing to politicians and mindless risk-taking less appealing to bankers

Tuesday, 28 March, 2023

Monetary policy

Monetary policy is not solely to blame for this banking crisis

It’s a fallacy to suppose there is a simple solution to the failings of our financial systems and economies

Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Financial & markets regulation

Four ways to fix the bank problem

It is not clear how bad this crisis is going to be but reform is urgently needed

Sunday, 19 March, 2023

UK politics & policy

A sensible strategy for the UK needs radical changes on pensions

Our fundamental mistakes include piecemeal policy and an over-reliance on simplistic ideology

Wednesday, 15 March, 2023

UK Budget

Luck has given Jeremy Hunt some room for manoeuvre

Severe structural weaknesses persist in the UK economy and his measures do too little to remove them

Tuesday, 14 March, 2023

Banks

Banks are designed to fail — and they do

This is a system that is essential to the functioning of the market economy but doesn’t operate by its rules

Tuesday, 7 March, 2023

European Union

The EU’s future in a world of deep disorder

In adjusting to today’s crises, the bloc needs to decide whether it wishes to be an ally, a bridge or a power

Sunday, 5 March, 2023

UK economic growth

The UK economy has two regional problems, not one

Now the country is suffering something worse than geographic inequality: national stagnation

Tuesday, 28 February, 2023

War in Ukraine

The west must give Ukraine what it needs

This war is a vital national interest of European countries and the US

Tuesday, 21 February, 2023

Government of Israel

Illiberal democracy comes to Israel

The government’s proposed legal reforms look rather like a power grab

Sunday, 19 February, 2023

UK business & economy

Britain can learn from Singapore on savings

The UK’s low rate of national savings makes it dependent on foreign ones to finance its investment

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