• June 29 2025
  Global Economy

  Get ready to embark on a new era of financial repression

  Tariffs are not the only flashpoint; another economic policy war is shaping up

  
• June 28 2025
  Politics

  Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?

  Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings

  
• June 26 2025
  Free LunchTrump tariffs

  The economic consequences of Trump’s second coming Premium content

  Preparing for a post-American world (part 2)

  
• June 19 2025
  Free LunchEU economy

  European common debt is the way to topple the dollar Premium content

  It’s high time for the EU to overcome its childish resistance to permanent joint borrowing

  
• June 15 2025
  European Union

  The EU needs to punch its weight on sanctions

  More centralised power and majority decisions would better exploit its influence

  
• June 12 2025
  Free LunchRussian economy

  Sanctions on Russia are working Premium content

  It’s the right time to tighten the screws further

  
• June 5 2025
  Free LunchPoland

  Lessons from Poland Premium content

  Playing into polarisation is a losing game for liberal centrists

  
• June 2 2025
  EU foreign policy

  It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel

  Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US

  
• May 22 2025
  Free LunchEurozone economy

  Europe has a new economic orthodoxy Premium content

  And it’s a lot better than the old policy consensus

  
• May 18 2025
  Brexit

  Why post-Brexit Britain will always remain a supplicant to Europe

  Resets with the EU may improve relations, but they will never give the country the equal standing of a member state

  
• May 15 2025
  Free LunchUS trade

  In praise of America’s trade deficit Premium content

  Net imports are funding the innovative edge that others envy the US so much — and perhaps benefit from too

  
• May 8 2025
  Free LunchTrump tariffs

  Trump’s tariffs will boomerang on US exporters Premium content

  A tax on imports is a tax on exports

  
• May 5 2025
  Global trade

  Trump has created a chance for the euro to rival the dollar

  European leaders need to shed their political timidity to take the necessary steps

  
• May 1 2025
  Free LunchGlobal Economy

  Preparing for a post-American world (part 1) Premium content

  How international governance can work even with a US-sized hole in it

  
• April 24 2025
  Free LunchTrump tariffs

  The case for Trump’s tariffs Premium content

  The arguments are believed more widely than the Maga camp, but that does not make them any more right

  
• April 20 2025
  Arctic

  The weakening Arctic consensus is worrying

  In spite of rising diplomatic tensions, the most immediate geopolitical risk is not military conflict

  
• April 10 2025
  Free LunchTrump tariffs

  Donald Trump has had his first Liz Truss moment Premium content

  Unlike the doomed former British PM, the US president is not going anywhere — so uncertainty is here to stay

  
• April 9 2025
  ReviewNon-Fiction

  Five books to boost your understanding of tariffs and trade wars

  As tariffs escalate, FT specialists recommend titles that explain the forces and ideas shaping trade policy in recent decades, including President Trump’s trade war

  
• April 6 2025
  Digital currencies

  The battle for the global payments system is under way

  Some Europeans are looking to the next geoeconomic contest

  
• April 3 2025
  Free LunchGerman economy

  Germany’s long slog out of stagnation Premium content

  Breaking out of fiscal restraints is not by itself enough to recover the country’s economic mojo

  
• March 31 2025
  The Economics Show podcast32 min listen

  Can Germany escape its economic doldrums? With Ulrike Malmendier

  The loosening of Germany’s ‘debt brake’ raises hope for faster growth

  
• March 27 2025
  Free LunchEuropean economy

  What’s the point of fiscal rules? Premium content

  Don’t let the budget rule tail wag the democratic dog

  
• March 23 2025
  EU defence

  How to create a true common market for defence

  Even Eurosceptics and Britain-bashers should acknowledge the advantage of smooth weaponry supply chains

  
• March 20 2025
  Free LunchRussian assets

  Europe is about to make its biggest strategic mistake Premium content

  Control over Moscow’s blocked foreign reserves empowers the EU to shape how the Ukraine war ends

  
• March 20 2025
  EU defence

  Poland and UK discuss defence spending as Europe moves to re-arm

  Finance minister Andrzej Domański calls for smarter funding as continent moves to bolster its military power