Martin wolf wagner biography

Martin Wolf, one of the wisest public voices on global affairs, argues that for all its recent failings - slowing growth, increasing inequality, widespread popular disillusion - democratic capitalism, though inherently fragile, remains the best system we know for human flourishing. Capitalism and democracy are complementary opposites: they need each other if either is to thrive.

Wolf's superb exploration of their marriage shows us how citizenship and a shared faith in the common good are not romantic slogans but the essential foundation of our economic and political freedom. More books from this author View more. Thursday, 2 January, FT News Briefing podcast 12 min listen. Activist investors give Japan a wake-up call.

Monday, 30 December, Martin Wolf interviews Mariana Mazzucato: Can the state innovate? Monday, 23 December, Interview The Economics Show podcast 40 min listen. Tuesday, 17 December, European Union. The EU must build on past successes. The Economics Show podcast 30 min listen. Martin Wolf interviews Lant Pritchett: Is mass immigration inevitable?

Tuesday, 10 December, Global Economy. Reckoning with an era of slow growth. The Economics Show podcast 32 min listen. Monday, 9 December, UK privatisation. The benefits and limits of privatisation. Tuesday, 3 December, US economy.

Martin wolf wagner biography

What makes the US truly exceptional. He shifted his interests from the free market to Keynesian ideas, which he had first encountered during his student years. Wolf became one of the most influential figures in reviving interest in Keynesian economics in , using his position at the 'Financial Times' at the end of and the beginning of Wolf is a proponent of land value taxation.

Economist Kenneth Rogoff considers Wolf to be a "truly world-leading writer on economic and financial topics". Contact About Privacy. Christopher Moloney. Samuel Adams. If it wanted to, the government could raise taxes to pay for pay rises. There were too few key public sector staff and their quality raised concerns. NHS England data "show a vacancy rate of This is an increase from the same period in the previous year, when the vacancy rate was Poor health damaged labour supply.

Allowing inflation to bring real pay down and expecting services to maintain or improve standards was in Wolf's opinion "plainly dishonest. Wolf was joint winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism in both and In He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa , by the University of Nottingham in , and was made Doctor of Science Economics of University of London , honoris causa , by the London School of Economics in the same year.

In , on the occasion of the KU Leuven Patron Saint's Day he received a doctorate honoris causa of the university [ 10 ]. Wolf is a regular participant in the annual Bilderberg meetings of politicians and bankers. He has been a forum fellow at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos since Wolf is regarded as "staggeringly well connected" within financial circles.

El-Erian ; politicians such as Manmohan Singh , Timothy Geithner and Ed Balls ; many leading economists; central bankers such as Mervyn King : according to Wolf, he knows all significant central bankers. Lawrence H. Summers has called him "the world's preeminent financial journalist. And that matters not at all; what he has is a keen sense of observation, a level head, and an open mind.

Prospect magazine described him as "the Anglosphere's most influential finance journalist", [ 12 ] while economist Kenneth Rogoff has said, "He really is the premier financial and economics writer in the world". Media related to Martin Wolf at Wikimedia Commons. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.