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    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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    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s rapid reconstruction will be in Europe’s own interest

      Postwar planning should focus on making the country a hub of the continent’s green transition

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Free LunchGlobal inflation
      The case for ‘team transitory’ lives on Premium content

      New research shows that one-off temporary disruptions account for most of the inflation we see

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
      ‘Degrowth’ starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes

      Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as climate change bites

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Free LunchChinese economy
      The other economic security threat from China Premium content

      The west could find itself held back by a Chinese economy that’s too weak, not too strong

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      EU economy
      Doom-mongers are wrong to underestimate the European economy

      Germany’s success in ending reliance on Russian gas is just one example of Europe’s adaptability and resilience

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Free LunchArtificial intelligence
      The right response to AI is more mundane than existential dread Premium content

      Drop the angst for humanity’s future and roll up your regulatory sleeves

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s animal spirits vs missile attacks, 1-0 Premium content

      Plus, a good idea for how to finally make our banking system safe

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Ukraine
      Ukraine’s friends should wake up to its progress in fighting corruption

      Western governments would be making a big mistake if they dragged their feet on reconstruction aid and EU entry for Kyiv

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Free LunchUS banks
      We have gone back to bailing out the banks Premium content

      Any case for saving business payroll accounts does not justify protecting multibillion deposits of megabanks

    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
      Free LunchWar in Ukraine
      Dispatch from Kyiv: spring returns to Ukraine’s economy Premium content

      Some important and under-recognised truths about Ukraine even as Russia’s war rages on

    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      EU trade
      Europe has to be much clearer when it comes to China

      While business leaders still salivate at the size of the Chinese market, the EU will struggle to wield a credible geoeconomic policy

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Free LunchGlobal economic growth
      The latest from the guardians of economic policy orthodoxy Premium content

      Highlights from the publications of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings

    • 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
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      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
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      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

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