Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Martin Wolf has written the Financial Times's principal economic commentary for almost forty years and is regarded as one of the most respected economics journalists in the world. He previously worked at the World Bank, which gives his analysis a grounding rare in journalism. His pieces deal in the long view: why economies stall, how debt accumulates, what is going wrong with capitalism.
Wolf is not an investor and gives no price targets. He is useful for the opposite: understanding why the world you invest in behaves as it does. On a list full of people with a position in the market, he is one of the few with no stake in the outcome.
Reads economics at Oxford and starts at the World Bank in Washington.
Becomes director of studies at the Trade Policy Research Centre in London.
Joins the Financial Times as economics leader writer.
Becomes chief economics commentator, the role he has held since.
Publishes 'The Shifts and the Shocks' on the lessons of the financial crisis.
Publishes 'The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism' on the tension between markets and democracy.
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Updated: 2026-07-23
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