Democracies have to recognise their failures to counter a China that sees itself as an ideological rival

Martin Wolf: Governments have failed to address the many frailties that still lead to financial excess.

It is highly likely that the Brexit negotiations will fail, imposing an abrupt shock on the UK economy and ruining relations with (...)

Martin Wolf: The linked challenges of climate and development will shape humanity’s future

If a big jump in inflation would be destructive, so would excessive tightening

Martin Wolf: this will surely reinforce the global spiral towards ever-lower corporate taxes,

Martin Wolf: Going it alone will cost the US domestically and internationally

Martin Wolf: We need to base policy on facts not ideology

Martin Wolf: the abiding characteristic of populism is its division of the world into a virtuous people on the one hand, and corru(...)

Martin Wolf: Federal Reserve has to walk tight line on US monetary policy

Martin Wolf: Theresa May promised strength and stability – she has delivered the opposite

Martin Wolf: The US president’s appeal to irrationality and xenophobia is frightening

President at war with reality is further undermining moribund and divided West

Will Germany really support France in its drive for greater integration?

Country is no basket case but does have economic issues to confront

Martin Wolf: US president will make rich richer and will not enact his populist policies

Policymakers should ensure open and competitive economies and cut excess regulation

Wilbur Ross shows one can be a billionaire and not understand how the economy works

The country needs to rebalance its economy before opening up capital flows

If a deal is to be reached with the EU, the UK will need to make concessions

We are hoping a Chinese communist can persuade Trump of the merits of liberal trade

Economic nationalism and protectionism didn’t work in the 1930s – it won’t work now

Britain will leave the EU and the only question is on what and whose terms?

India has some major obstacles to overcome to become global economic power

What Modi has done makes everything Trumps has done so far look trivial

Stagnating wages and a return to inflation measn the less well off willl be hit the hardest

Brexit will be nasty, brutish and long. There are five key challenges ahead.

The president’s policies are likely to impose large costs on unprotected sectors

Free trade is defended by communist China and the US is on the verge of becoming a rogue state

Co-operating with foreigners for mutual benefit disturbs the cultural matrix of tribal loyalty

Obama erred in not going all out to punish those whose irresponsibility blew up the US financial system and economy

War, inflation and financial crisis are the three horsemen of the apocalypse

One-party Leninist rule allied with endemic corruption does not bode well for future

Interactions between economic events and political stresses are unpredictable

Political struggle is over who benefits from know-how developed by western companies

Rich stand to gain, manufacturing will be hit and cost of living will rise

Mediocre growth, high inequality and low job creation are problems facing new administration

The days of western leadership on trade would seem to be over

Governments should examine reforms that could help central banks deliver growth

British PM’s loose talk over UK’s EU exit has heightened possibility of economic crisis

Banking will remain an accident waiting to happen until proper safeguards are in place

Halfway houses between EU membership and hard exit from EU are uninhabitable

In the face of low interest rates, a rescue by ‘helicopter money’ might be needed

The dominant philosophy of our age has plateaued and in some areas is in reverse

The symbiotic relationship is under strain, last seen during rise of fascism in the 1930s

Stagnating incomes will not be solved by a dose of populist protectionism

We must put an end to our facile optimism, we live in harsh times

If citizens see the practical benefits of membership, then the union will thrive

Britain should refrain from a hasty withdrawal until it has a better sense of what’s at stake

It is a revolt of the provinces against a prosperous and globalised London

The democratic EU of today owes immeasurably to British politics, values and courage

Leaving the EU might be a big economic shock and not just for the UK

The IMF now acknowledges that the programme agreed in 2010 was wildly unrealistic

A system built on making promises it cannot keep is bound to crash, and crash again

Democracy is in trouble, big trouble, and weak and self-interested leadership is to blame

Europe’s heavyweight needs to understand that its part of a club

Referendum is not about sovereignty. It is about how best to exercise the country’s power. And that is best done in the EU

Those in favour of leaving offer fantasies of damage done by staying and of opportunity opened by departure

Barack Obama needs to tell the British, nicely but firmly, that they have to stay in the EU

The country is systemically important and suffers high and rising corporate indebtedness

Steady reduction in corporation tax suggests government is trying to turn UK into Ireland

However, such disruption must be beneficial and ordered as the sector is too important for a chaotic transition

Donald Trump is a ‘promoter of paranoid fantasies, a xenophobe and an ignoramus’

It is time for Plan C, which could mean central banks giving every adult citizen a lump of money to spend

UK needs a voice in Europe and the bloc would benefit too

‘There is a growing sense that those at the top are corrupt, complacent and incompetent’

Elites have become detached from domestic concerns, forming a global super-elite

Credit-fuelled investment must slow while household incomes and consumption accelerate

Turbulence in emerging economies such as China will be felt around the world

There are three things to worry about: wars, inflation shocks and financial crises

COP21 accord goes further than expected a year ago but not as far as it needs to

US years ahead of EU in recovery and so at a different stage of monetary policy cycle

Martin Wolf: The legacy of injustice has shaped the country. Now it needs growth, of the right kind

Is it time for higher taxes on retained earnings? Behaviour raises big policy questions

It may be hard to avoid crises but it is vital to make them both small and rare

Goals of eliminating mass poverty and tackling global warming are complementary

This is barefaced cheek and such behaviour must not succeed

Immigration has economic pros and cons for the European Union

From the refugee crisis to the Ukraine to Greece and Brexit, the EU’s is beset by problems

If it were to happen, a decision by the Fed to tighten now would look downright foolish

After nearly seven years of zero interest rates, the inflation of which critics warned is invisible

Big question is whether a market-driven economy is compatible with the growing concentration of political power

If Greece left it would guarantee default and generate permanent instability for euro zone

Which is best for Greece: further austerity or sovereign default and monetary sovereignty?

Improved technology might end our dependence on the burning of fossil fuels

Neither Greeks nor their partners should imagine a clean break if it leaves the euro

Environmental challenge is a problem of insuring against the chance of catastrophe

To fail now would be to pile a new mountain of error on the old ones

What is needed is not more finance, but better finance

If the ECB succeeds with its endeavours and so the recovery continues to gain pace, then bond yields should rise a great deal

Since the failure of the “Doha round”, the focus has shifted to exclusive agreements

Osborne’s claim UK might be most prosperous major economy by 2030 is fantasy

No American bank was so heavily exposed to Detroit as to be made insolvent by its default

Decline in potential growth leads to debate about savings glut and secular stagnation

An accidental exit from the eurozone is quite likely – not because Greece or its partners want it

Those betting on inflation jumps and a bond-market rout will be disappointed

Martin Wolf: Government making sensible reforms

Agreement to implement tax on carbon would mean a more efficient energy future

When the world economy depends on fragile balance sheets, expect more crises