• April 15 2026
  Global Economy

  The mix of chaotic politics and a resilient economy can’t last

  The world’s economy has managed to withstand a great deal of chaos, but new IMF forecasts show that things could get worse

  Martin Wolf

  
• April 8 2026
  Hungarian election

  Freedom itself is at stake in Hungary

  Sunday’s election will show if it’s possible to defeat Orbán’s illiberal democracy

  Martin Wolf

  
• April 1 2026
  Global trade

  The global economy turns out to be more resilient than we had feared

  Trump’s tariffs have not led to the kind of retaliatory action many expected

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 30 2026
  Misinformation

  What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad

  The creation and dissemination of reliable news is at an economic disadvantage

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 25 2026
  Populism

  We must not underestimate the peril for democracy

  Donald Trump’s America is a world leader in democratic decline

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 18 2026
  Middle East war

  Trump has broken it. Now he owns it

  Continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens the movement of gas and fertilisers as well as oil

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 16 2026
  UK energy

  The UK is struggling to achieve its aims on clean energy

  Our economy remains highly fossil fuel-dependent partly because we are not electrifying in the desired way

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 11 2026
  Global Economy

  The economic consequences of war with Iran

  There are lasting lessons about energy resilience to be learnt from this conflict

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 4 2026
  Middle East war

  The cynical opportunities of ‘Epic Fury’

  With this US administration, the best bet is that a business deal is to be reached with Iran

  Martin Wolf

  
• March 2 2026
  UK energy

  The great British electricity puzzle

  It turns out that making the transition to clean energy while keeping the price down is hard

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 25 2026
  Parenting and families

  To raise low birth rates, we must help mothers

  Easing the child penalty in the labour market could also increase fertility

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 18 2026
  Demographics and population

  The truth about population decline

  Arguments about the dangers of falling fertility deserve much closer scrutiny

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 16 2026
  UK student loans discontent grows

  Student loans show that hard policy choices will only get harder

  The debate over university funding is a good example of the intractable challenges facing the UK government

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 11 2026
  Demographics and population

  Why are fertility rates collapsing? Gender roles

  A big part of female graduates’ decision to have children depends on how they expect their husbands to behave

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 4 2026
  Federal Reserve

  Reading the runes on a Warsh Fed

  The presumptive next chair might be better than others on the list, but he is a confusing, perhaps confused, figure

  Martin Wolf

  
• February 2 2026
  UK politics

  The dilemmas for the UK created by a rupturing world

  New priorities are needed to succeed amid unreliable and competing great powers

  Martin Wolf

  
• January 28 2026
  Geopolitics

  The reality of a world after rupture

  Europe has a key role to play in building a successor to the US-led global order

  Martin Wolf

  
• January 23 2026
  The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast25 min listen

  The economy in 2026: What risks lie ahead? With Gita Gopinath

  A conversation with Martin Wolf at Davos on the economic faultlines ahead

  
• January 20 2026
  Global Economy

  Trump is erasing the global economic order

  The US is no longer predictable nor bound by any fundamental principles of action

  Martin Wolf

  
• January 19 2026
  The World 2026

  The dangerous triumph of neo-mercantilism

  Liberal trade policies are giving way to frictions that could lead to outright conflict

  Martin Wolf

  
• January 14 2026
  US foreign policy

  The Maga war on European democracy

  America’s national security strategy projects internal fears abroad

  Martin Wolf

  
• January 7 2026
  The Story of Money podcast21 min listen

  Martin Wolf on the economy in 2026

  The FT’s chief economics commentator discusses AI, the US Federal Reserve and more

  
• December 24 2025
  The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast25 min listen

  Martin Wolf speaks to Christine Lagarde: Europe’s ‘existential crisis’

  The economy has been surprisingly resilient but there is much work to do, says the ECB president

  
• December 17 2025
  Global Economy50 min

  Interview. The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy

  Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman reply to listeners’ questions and comments

  
• December 17 2025
  The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast43 min listen

  The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy

  Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman reply to listeners’ questions and comments