Democratic capitalism in peril?

Markets and democracy are not necessarily compatible, and the inherent tensions are becoming more apparent than ever

From his vantage point as the chief economics commentator at the London Financial Times over the past three decades, Martin Wolf has educated and provoked a global audience with his top quality op-eds on economic developments in the world, United States, Europe, Britain and large emerging countries. Arguably, he has been the best English language commentator on such matters. In the last 20 years he has written three substantial books, one on globalisation and two on the North Atlantic financial crisis (NAFC) of 2007-10 and its aftermath. He has now published an absorbing treatise on democracy and capitalism (The Crisis