Martin Wolf is the Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times and is regarded as one of the most important economics commentators globally.

He has a long and impressive background in economics starting off his career at the World Bank, he was a member of the UK government’s Independent Commission on Banking, was the Director of Studies at the Trade Policy Research Centre, London, and has advised governments and international organizations on trade and economic integration.

In 2000, he was awarded the OBE for services rendered to financial journalism. 

We discussed his new book entitled The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. We talked about Liberal Democracy and its symbiotic relationship with Capitalism. What are some of the challenges today and what does the future of Democratic Captialism look like.