Martin Wolf on the World

Martin Wolf

Occasional series hosted by Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2d ago

    Martin Wolf on the US midterms: Is American democracy safe?

    As Americans prepare to vote in the November 3 midterm elections, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf asks what the result will mean for Donald Trump, the future of US democracy and America's place in the world. In the first of a six-part series of interviews with leading historians and political analysts, Martin speaks to the scholar and former Republican adviser Robert Kagan, who has spent a decade warning about Trump's authoritarian ambitions. They discuss how Trump has accumulated so much power, whether America's democratic institutions can still constrain him, and what might happen if Republicans lose control of Congress. Could these elections mark a turning point for American democracy or has the country already gone too far down the road towards authoritarianism? Watch the full episode now on the FT’s main YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes Host: Martin Wolf Producer: Mischa Frankl-Duval Senior Producer: Laurence Knight Executive Producer: Manuela Saragosa Video Editor: Richard Topping Audio engineering: Breen Turner Broadcast engineers: Andrew Georgiadis Podcast development: Laura Clarke FT Global Head of Audio: Flo Phillips Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 05/29/2023

    Martin Wolf on saving democratic capitalism

    In the first of this four-part series, the renowned FT columnist and economist Martin Wolf tells the FT’s executive opinion editor Jonathan Derbyshire why he fears the marriage of liberal economics and democracy may be facing its toughest test in decades. Drawing on arguments in his latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, Martin explains how his own life story and career have shaped his views. Want more? Martin Wolf: in defence of democratic capitalism For Martin’s FT columns click here For the FT review of Martin’s book click here This episode is presented by Jonathan Derbyshire. The producer is Laurence Knight. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa and the sound engineer is Breen Turner. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Clips: BBC, CNN, Fox News Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. 12/06/2010

    Why the Irish crisis is such a huge test for the eurozone

    The fault lines in the currency union stand revealed. The promise was that the eurozone would deliver its members from currency crises. But, as I, and others, warned, be careful what you wish for: credit crises would replace currency crises – and these are likely to be even worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. 11/25/2010

    Assets matter just as much as debt

    Borrowing is no sin, provided we use the funds to ensure that we bequeath a better infrastructure to the future, says Martin Wolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. 11/23/2010

    Ireland refutes the German perspective

    Berlin’s emphasis on deflationary adjustment in weaker countries risks turning the eurozone as a whole into a gigantic Germany, dependent on importing demand from the rest of the world, says Martin Wolf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. 11/19/2010

    How to chart a course out of the Sino-American storm

    They came; they saw; they lost. That is the reaction to what emerged on global rebalancing at the summit meeting of the Group of 20 leading countries in Seoul last week. Publicly, surplus countries persist in calling on those in deficit to deflate themselves into economic health. The consequences of this folly are now evident in the eurozone. At the world level, the US will never accept it. But, beneath the radar, something more productive may be emerging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. 11/19/2010

    The IMF is giving some good fiscal advice

    The International Monetary Fund does not normally respond to mere journalists. But its staff have explicitly rejected my arguments on the pace of fiscal consolidation in the UK. On one point – the need for a fiscal “plan B” – the IMF takes my side in the argument with the government. This is no small victory, not least because its latest report on the UK reads, in other respects, as if dictated to it by the Treasury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. 11/17/2010

    The Fed is right to turn on the tap

    The sky is falling, scream the hysterics: the Federal Reserve is pouring forth dollars in such quantities that they will soon be worthless. Nothing could be further from the truth. As in Japan, the policy known as “quantitative easing” is far more likely to prove ineffective than lethal. It is a leaky hose, not a monetary Noah’s Flood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Occasional series hosted by Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    Martin Wolf
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    253
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