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Thursday, 2 January, 2025

FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
Activist investors give Japan a wake-up call
A critical mass of shareholder activists are forcing companies to adjust
Monday, 30 December, 2024

The Economics Show podcast31 min listen
Martin Wolf interviews Mariana Mazzucato: Can the state innovate?
How should governments take on bold challenges such as climate change?
Monday, 23 December, 2024

InterviewThe Economics Show podcast40 min listen
Martin Wolf interviews Christine Lagarde: Whither Europe?
The ECB president on how Europe can keep up with the US
Monday, 23 December, 2024

UK economy
The UK government must make sure it isn’t a confidence killer
There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral
Tuesday, 17 December, 2024

European Union
The EU must build on past successes
As it faces fresh challenges, Europe should remember that neither economic integration nor convergence among member states was inevitable
Tuesday, 17 December, 2024

The Economics Show podcast30 min listen
Martin Wolf interviews Lant Pritchett: Is mass immigration inevitable?
The renowned development economist on why migration is essential
Tuesday, 10 December, 2024

Global Economy
Reckoning with an era of slow growth
Opportunities exist for the UK and its European neighbours, but they must grasp the nettle of economic reform
Tuesday, 10 December, 2024

The Economics Show podcast32 min listen
Martin Wolf interviews Larry Summers: Is Trump a threat to the US economy?
The FT's chief economics commentator speaks to the former US Treasury Secretary
Monday, 9 December, 2024

UK privatisation
The benefits and limits of privatisation
We can draw important lessons from the UK’s varied experience
Tuesday, 3 December, 2024

US economy
What makes the US truly exceptional
Are American pathologies the necessary price of economic dynamism?
Tuesday, 26 November, 2024

Climate change
Climate change is a global problem — it requires a global solution
The deal on financing agreed at COP29 is too little, too late
Monday, 25 November, 2024

Workplace pensions
Pensions reform is vital to raise the UK’s dismal savings rate
This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a system able to enhance both prosperity and security
Wednesday, 20 November, 2024

FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024
Best books of 2024: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
Tuesday, 19 November, 2024

US trade
Why Trump’s trade war will cause chaos
Tariffs, especially on one country, will lead to an unholy economic and political mess
Tuesday, 12 November, 2024

US manufacturing
Manufacturing fetishism is destined to fail
It is so much easier to blame the disappearance of these US jobs on China than on domestic consumers and automation
Monday, 11 November, 2024

Climate change
Time is running out for the world to meet climate targets
Human inability to act in advance of distant perils is preventing necessary action now
Monday, 11 November, 2024

UK trade
The British government’s Trump dilemmas
Relations with both the US and EU are now called into question
Tuesday, 5 November, 2024

UK economy
More muddling through won’t deliver the growth Britain craves
The country needs a strategy that takes on its most obvious weaknesses
Wednesday, 30 October, 2024

UK Autumn Budget 2024
Reeves has made her choice — but success is not guaranteed
The British people will hope that higher spending delivers the better services they want
Tuesday, 29 October, 2024

US politics & policy
Trump is the man who would be king
Were the former president to return to the White House, it would encourage rightwing populists everywhere
Tuesday, 22 October, 2024

Global economic growth
The global economy has proved surprisingly resilient
But significant downside risks will continue to pose a challenge for policymakers
Tuesday, 15 October, 2024

Chinese economy
China’s economic ills are serious but not incurable
Unfortunately, policymakers have made things worse by resorting to temporary palliatives
Sunday, 13 October, 2024

UK Autumn Budget 2024
Rachel Reeves’s Budget must rescue Britain from its growth trap
The chancellor’s task is made much harder by structural weaknesses in the UK economy
Tuesday, 8 October, 2024

US trade
Trump’s trade policies would hurt the world
His new suggestions would have a far bigger impact than the relatively modest ‘starter protectionism’ of his first term
Sunday, 6 October, 2024

ReviewFT Books Essay
On Freedom — Timothy Snyder’s timely manifesto for our fearful age
The historian draws on his experience in Ukraine and eastern Europe to warn of the dangers of tyranny in the US

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