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Martin Wolf

Martin Wolf is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 for services to financial journalism. He is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University, and a special professor at the University of Nottingham.

Mr Wolf was joint winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism in both 1989 and 1997 and won the RTZ David Watt memorial prize in 1994. He was the winner of the 2003 Business Journalist of the Year Decade of Excellence Award. He has been a forum fellow at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum since 1999. He won the Newspaper Feature of the Year Award at the Workworld Media Awards in 2003. He is the author of Why Globalization Works (Yale University Press, 2004).

He obtained the Master of Philosophy in economics from Oxford University in 1971. Following that he joined the World Bank, where he became a senior economist in 1974. In 1981 he became director of studies at the Trade Policy Research Centre in London. He joined the FT in 1987 as chief economics leader writer and became chief economics commentator in 1996. His column appears on Wednesdays and alternate Fridays.

E-mail Martin Wolf: martin.wolf@ft.com

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Martin Wolf: Sweep away the barriers to growth
Inadequate enforcement of contracts, corruption, rampant crime and unreliable infrastructure can cost 25 per cent of sales. Oct 5 2004 | Read

Martin Wolf: A misguided plan for universities
The Conservative party’s proposals for funding UK higher education are unambiguously regressive. To those who have, they say, it shall be given. Sep 30 2004 | Read

Martin Wolf: A window of opportunity
As this month's World Economic Outlook from the International Monetary Fund makes plain, demographic forces will drive the world economy in the decades ahead. Sep 28 2004 | Read

Martin Wolf: We embrace Putin at our peril
The war in Chechnya is giving Russia’s president the victory he seeks in the struggle that matters to him: the one for absolute power. It is an outcome we should detest, achieved by means we must abhor. Sep 21 2004 | Read

More columns from Martin Wolf
Martin Wolf: America’s dangerous deficit  Aug 24 2004
Martin Wolf: Britain's pensions dilemma  Aug 19 2004
Martin Wolf: America on the comfortable path to ruin  Aug 17 2004
Martin Wolf: Asia's game with America   Aug 10 2004
Martin Wolf: Why Livingstone is a tax genius  Aug 5 2004
Martin Wolf: We need a global currency  Aug 3 2004
Martin Wolf: Failure in Geneva would be a disaster  Jul 28 2004
Martin Wolf: Two faces of liberal democracy  Jul 21 2004
Strong world growth masks medium-term risks  Jul 20 2004
Martin Wolf: The need for intelligent discrimination  Jul 14 2004
Martin Wolf: The economic windfalls are over  Jul 13 2004
Martin Wolf: Britain needs clarity on pensions  Jul 8 2004
Martin Wolf: The transatlantic divide must not widen  Jul 8 2004
Martin Wolf: Overheating should not worry China  Jul 6 2004
Martin Wolf: Three reasons to be cheerful  Jun 29 2004
Martin Wolf: The BBC does not need privatising  Jun 24 2004
Martin Wolf: The transatlantic divide must not widen  Jun 22 2004
Martin Wolf: It's the economy, stupid  Jun 15 2004
Martin Wolf: A housing disaster in the making  Jun 10 2004
Your questions on globalisation answered  Jun 10 2004
Martin Wolf: We cannot ignore failing states  Jun 8 2004
Martin Wolf: Supply, demand, politics and oil  Jun 1 2004
Martin Wolf: Britain's miracle of stability  May 27 2004
Martin Wolf: Singh coalition must support reform  May 25 2004
Martin Wolf: Asia needs its own monetary fund  May 18 2004
Martin Wolf: A fresh look at land use  May 13 2004
Martin Wolf: Bush is not up to the job  May 11 2004
Martin Wolf: An end to poverty  May 5 2004
Martin Wolf: Fields look good, but home is best  Apr 29 2004
Martin Wolf: Big spenders keep the economy moving  Apr 27 2004
Martin Wolf: China makes its mark  Apr 20 2004
Martin Wolf: A housing market collapse draws nearer  Apr 15 2004


 
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