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”.
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Public debt in high-income countries has reached elevated levels
Martin Wolf selects his best reads of the second half of 2023
As inflation eases, central banks now find themselves at the most difficult point in the policymaking cycle
An excessively narrow focus on deficits can lead to bad decisions
Central bank’s president tells FT rates must be kept at current levels for ‘long enough’
Kazuo Ueda tells FT conference that central bank will move carefully on raising interest rates
Were he to return to the White House, the implications for the US, its allies and the global economy are sure to be profound
How the conflict unfolds will have implications for a global economy already battered by a series of shocks
Decades of failure have led to profound geographical inequality in the UK
Abroad Beijing must manage rising hostility, while at home it wrestles with the relationship between communism and capitalism
Multilateral development banks are a valuable tool — but they need a radical overhaul and we must learn to use them
Pension and insurance companies have dumped UK equities, reducing the ability of companies to raise capital and expand
Convergence between rich and poor countries is stalling and more challenges lie ahead
As things stand, a declining population is set to slow the growth of the economy
Errors in hitting central bank goals are likely to be asymmetric with a drift upwards that leads to recession
Autocracy is something today’s democracies thought they had left behind, but two books — one focused on antiquity, the other on modern history — shed light on how it is enabled
Income needs to accrue to those who will spend it — but this will require redistribution on a significant scale
Yes, there are deep structural problems in the economy, but this is also a country with significant strengths
The UK faces multiple challenges, while the public finances are far from robust
Transforming the scale and nature of finance for development and the environment is essential
His government has taken huge risks in riding the tiger of politicised religion
Jeremy Hunt recognises the failings of the current system but his ‘Mansion House compact’ fails to address them
Its population and economy are both forecast to grow rapidly over coming decades, offering a counterweight to China
Many countries view the US and European powers as selfish, self-satisfied and insincere
The green energy blueprint is unlikely to be a Holy Grail that enables the UK to escape this long, painful period of stagnation
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