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Tej Parikh

Economics Leader Writer

Tej Parikh is the Financial Times's economics leader writer. He also writes the Sunday version of the Free Lunch newsletter on the global economic policy debate. Before joining the FT he was a director of economics at Fitch Ratings and chief economist at the Institute of Directors.

Tej has also written for numerous international outlets on issues covering global affairs and public policy, and was previously a journalist for The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh.

Sign up to the Free Lunch newsletter here.

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  • Sunday, 3 May, 2026
    Global Economy
    Trump’s green new deal

    The US president’s actions have inadvertently raised the appeal of renewable energy

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 26 April, 2026
    Global Economy
    Britain acts richer than it is

    The country’s habits and virtues are built for a prosperity it no longer enjoys

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 19 April, 2026
    Global Economy
    The stock market’s new approach to valuation

    It is demonstrating an Earnings Before Iran, Tariffs and Dubious Announcements (ebitda) mentality

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Monday, 6 April, 2026
    Non-Fiction
    In defence of the rich — and other new economic books

    Critiques of free-market capitalism, plus an argument for letting private companies own, buy and sell land on other planets

    Three book covers: “Why Democracy Needs the Rich” by John O McGinnis, “Icarus Economics” by John Rapley, and “New Space Capitalism” by Rainer Zitelmann.
  • Sunday, 29 March, 2026
    China
    The Iran war will cement China’s superpower status

    Beijing’s industrial prowess positions it for economic and diplomatic gains

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Monday, 23 March, 2026
    Non-Fiction
    Economics for the real world — a provocative new playbook, plus India’s growth story

    Dani Rodrik sets out ambitious new ways to tackle the fraying postwar order, while Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur chart India’s dramatic transformation

  • Sunday, 22 March, 2026
    Global Economy
    How the Iran war could derail the AI boom

    The entire chip supply chain depends on energy and chemical imports from the Middle East

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 15 March, 2026
    Global Economy
    Iran war should prompt a North Sea rethink

    Sweating the UK’s natural gas assets can support the country’s green transition

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2026
    Global Economy
    Ask an Expert. Will the Iran war derail the global economy? You asked, we answered

    Economics leader writer Tej Parikh and European economics commentator Martin Sandbu replied to reader questions

  • Sunday, 8 March, 2026
    Global Economy
    Should we aim for a frictionless world?

    Humanity’s pursuit of speed drives progress, but eliminating delay has risks

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 1 March, 2026
    Global Economy
    Britain’s rising tax on ambition

    The country’s tax system and rising costs sap the returns to hard work

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 22 February, 2026
    Global Economy
    How technology is reshaping our minds

    Competing demands on our attention are undermining our ability to focus

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 15 February, 2026
    Global Economy
    Britain’s penchant for self-destruction

    Political instability saps confidence, investment and policymakers’ bandwidth

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 8 February, 2026
    Global Economy
    The downside of staving off recessions

    Long periods of expansion create fiscal, financial and productivity risks

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 1 February, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    Don’t fear the AI ‘jobpocalypse’

    The technology hasn’t yet hit employment notably, and could create more openings

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 25 January, 2026
    Global Economy
    How one year of ‘America First’ left workers behind

    The Trump administration’s rhetoric on blue-collar jobs has not matched reality

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 18 January, 2026
    Global Economy
    China will clinch the AI race

    Energy abundance, open-source models and manufacturing strengths will push Beijing into first place

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 11 January, 2026
    Global Economy
    Eight tail risks for 2026

    Wars, chatbots and bond vigilantism could rock markets this year

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
    A trader looks at a computer screen displaying a complex stock chart with multiple trend lines and indicators.
  • Sunday, 14 December, 2025
    Global Economy
    What economists got wrong in 2025

    Forecasts dwelled too much on Donald Trump’s threats and not enough on offsetting factors

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    Economics books
    Risks, realism and global realignments — the latest books on economics

    Why Britain needs pragmatism not political dogma; the fallout from the US-China faultline; and how knowledge and speed shape prosperity

  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    Political Fix podcast54 min listen
    Bonus: What does the 2025 Budget mean for your money?

    Claer Barrett and a panel of experts answer your questions

  • Sunday, 30 November, 2025
    Labour Party UK
    Labour has already broken its manifesto commitments

    Tax rises, instability and a lack of pro-growth measures contravene the party’s election platform

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 23 November, 2025
    US economy
    New York and California are losing their shine

    High costs have created a self-reinforcing exodus of business and workers

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 16 November, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how

    Rachel Reeves can break the UK’s fiscal ‘doom loop’ by backing business and workers

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
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  • Sunday, 9 November, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    Is human imitation the right goal for technology?

    Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford academic and author, explains how AI and people can complement each other

    Tej Parikh
    Premium content
    Erik Brynjolfsson gestures while speaking onstage during a panel, with a vivid orange background behind him.
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