<p>In this final episode of their series for the FT's 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.</p><br><p><em>This is a repeat of an episode published on The Economics Show, a sister podcast of FT News Briefing, on December 17, 2025</em></p><br><p>Subscribe and listen to this series of <a href="https://www.ft.com/the-economics-show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Economics Show</a> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-economics-show/id1746352576" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/64rPqCkSSBkuSJpkMLRe9i" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Spotify</a>,<a href="https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/the-economics-show/d6405f80-f444-013c-e7f9-02cacb2c6223" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Pocket Casts</a> or wherever you listen to podcasts.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Read Martin’s column <a href="https://www.ft.com/martin-wolf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here&nbsp;</a></p><br><p>Subscribe to Paul’s substack <a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a></p><br><p>Find Paul’s cultural coda <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Find Martin’s cultural coda <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-r2vu4t9-g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>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. </p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>