Martin Wolf

“A country with secure property rights, scientific inquiry and technological innovation will become richer. But, since division of labour is limited by…

— Martin Wolf

The notion of the competitiveness of countries, on the model of the competitiveness of companies, is nonsense.

— Martin Wolf

“The attempt to resolve its problems by turning the Eurozone into a bigger Germany is going to prove unworkable. If this is…

— Martin Wolf

The essence of the contemporary monetary system is creation of money, out of nothing, by private banks' often foolish lending.

— Martin Wolf

There is no room for being creative in today’s business... Except for finding creative ways to be inefficient.

— Martin Wolf

The four most dangerous words in finance are 'this time is different.' Thanks to this masterpiece by Carmen Reinhart at the University…

— Martin Wolf

Those who condemn the immorality of liberal capitalism do so in comparison with a society of saints that has never existed—and never…

— Martin Wolf

People who think they know what is going to happen next are fools. Surprises - or what the brilliant author Nassim Taleb…

— Martin Wolf

“banks were ‘international in life, but national in death’.”

— Martin Wolf

Sustaining growth is the century's big challenge.

— Martin Wolf

Cultural diversity and cultural change are desirable and inevitable. We are cultural animals, someone without a culture is not human. But the…

— Martin Wolf

“Governments had socialized the liabilities of the core institutions of the global financial system.”

— Martin Wolf

In order to change the system, we need to change our ideas.

— Martin Wolf

“In a country supposedly dedicated to the ideals of market economics, arguably the most important social function of finance – lending for home…

— Martin Wolf