The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes

The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy

Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2025 · 43 min

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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 critique of globalisation, increasing inequality and plutocracy, the global appetite for US federal debt, China’s economic future and much more.

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Find Paul’s cultural coda here (youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo).

Find Martin’s cultural coda here (youtube.com/watch?v=c-r2vu4t9-g).

Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and Josh Gabert-Doyon. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Tom Hannen is the video editor. Sound design and original music by Breen Turner.

Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com (ft.com/content/68fb934f-3d4c-497e-8ef7-590302c…)
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