Martin Wolf speaks to Christine Lagarde: Europe’s ‘existential crisis’
The European Commission must urgently dismantle internal trade barriers that are stifling innovation, productivity and investment across the EU. So says Christine Lagarde, president of the European Ce...
24 Dec 202525min
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy
In this final episode of their series for The Economics Show, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman consider listeners’ questions and comments ranging from a criti...
17 Dec 202542min
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: America vs the world
The US last week released its new national security strategy – and it wasn’t good news for Europe. The document, which sets out US foreign policy priorities, blasted Europe for undermining “political ...
10 Dec 202541min
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Maga man and Mamdani
Donald Trump promised to bring industrial jobs back to America when he swept to victory in last year’s presidential election, powered by a 12-point lead among male voters, but can he really deliver? I...
3 Dec 202537min
The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Trump’s ‘vibecession’
As President Donald Trump approaches the one-year anniversary of his second term in office, the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf, and Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman sit down to...
26 Nov 202540min
Coming soon: The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: One year of Trump
In this four-part series starting on Wednesday November 26, FT chief economics commentator Martin Wolf and Nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman take stock after (almost) a year of Donald Trump’s...
24 Nov 20251min
Did globalisation kill neoliberalism? With Branko Milanović
Thirty-five years ago, the global economy could be neatly divided into market economies, socialist economies and poorer non-aligned countries. Today, that picture is rather more complicated. Western-s...
21 Nov 202532min
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death
Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inventive treatments, therapies, and even manipulating our genes. And increasingly, it seems as though anti-ageing...
19 Nov 20251min
