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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 has taught and carried out research at Harvard, Columbia and the Wharton School, and has advised governments and NGOs on natural resources and economic development. He is the author of three books, on business ethics, the euro, and on "the economics of belonging". He was educated at the universities of Oxford and Harvard.

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    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      Free LunchUK financial crisis
      What we can learn from the past week’s market ructions Premium content

      The UK market panic reveals more about challenges to monetary than fiscal policy

    • Sunday, 25 September, 2022
      EU economy
      Urgent rewriting of EU fiscal rule book will depend on trust

      When governments start planning their 2024 budgets, they will need to know what to go back to

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Free LunchGlobal inflation
      How I learnt to stop worrying about public debt and inflation Premium content

      Some economic arguments for benign neglect

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      Economics lessons from the Ukraine war: expectations matter Premium content

      Kyiv’s counter-offensive, inflation and the Wizard of Oz

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      EU energy
      Vladimir Putin has forced the EU into a long-overdue energy union

      The desire for national control has delayed the removal of physical bottlenecks in European energy flows

    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      Free LunchTax
      Governments cannot afford to ignore a wealth tax Premium content

      While budgets are set to bleed from the energy crisis, the taxation of wealth has not kept up with its growth

    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      Global Economy20 min
      'Why we need a wealth tax'

      A well-designed net wealth tax can raise revenue and tackle inequality, argues the FT's Martin Sandbu

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Free LunchEnergy crisis
      The energy crisis and the massive international wealth transfer Premium content

      The distributional consequences of high prices are enormous between countries as well as within them

    • Sunday, 28 August, 2022
      EU economy
      Europe’s leaders must avoid divisions that would only benefit Putin

      Putting national interests ahead of the EU as a whole would be the wrong step as winter crises loom

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Free LunchEnergy crisis
      The strange world of energy prices Premium content

      The cost of power is not like any other price — and that complicates how we manage it

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      European Central Bank
      The ECB turns the tables on panicky markets and policymakers

      Investors and governments are put on notice in the latest effort to tackle the bloc’s problems

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Instant InsightEuropean Central Bank
      The ECB reminds everyone who really has the authority

      Both investors and policymakers are put on notice in the latest move to tackle the bloc’s problems

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Free LunchGlobal inflation
      Reasons to think differently about inflation Premium content

      Here are a number of awkward facts for the conventional view that policy must tighten

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Global Economy
      The investment drought of the past two decades is catching up with us

      Despite 20 years of cheap credit, countries have failed to capitalise on shoring up their futures

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      What Sri Lanka reveals about the risks in emerging markets

      A number of developing economies face growing pressure from soaring energy and food costs and a stronger US dollar

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Free LunchRussian business & finance
      Why a price cap on Russian oil is a bad idea Premium content

      US proposal would expose the world’s dependence and enhance Putin’s ability to threaten the west

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s reconstruction plans are appropriately ambitious Premium content

      The EU must be a key player in co-ordinating funds and monitoring their use

    • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
      Global inflation
      Central banks should keep their cool on inflation

      Policymakers need to be sure challenges are really durable before sacrificing jobs and growth

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Free LunchRoe vs Wade
      The US Supreme Court’s blind spots on abortion Premium content

      Economics shows how Roe vs Wade profoundly restructured society

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Free LunchFrench politics
      Reflections on France after the elections Premium content

      A splintered parliament is both a challenge and an opportunity

    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      EU foreign policy
      Admitting Ukraine would advance France’s dream of a more assertive EU

      Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Kyiv ought to mark a shift in French thinking on enlargement

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Markets InsightEuropean Central Bank
      Central banks find their mettle in the fight against inflation

      While one drama this week by policymakers was a reaction to markets, the other was in defiance of them

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Free LunchBrexit
      The dead end of the UK’s new Northern Ireland bill Premium content

      The government’s latest refusal to leave Brexit behind is dishonest, hypocritical and ineffective

    • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
      Global Economy
      Economic thinking is at a crucial inflection point

      The market-friendly governing philosophy that triumphed in the 1980s is on the defensive

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Free LunchRussian business & finance
      Why ending energy imports from Russia remains essential Premium content

      Sanctions make it hard for Moscow to spend its export earnings — but reducing them still matters

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