Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a financial columnist and author. He writes for WSJ Marketwatch, The Spectator and Money Week as well as The Telegraph, and has worked as a columnist for The Sunday Times and Bloomberg. His books include ‘Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis’ and ‘The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031’ as well as the ‘Death Force’ thrillers published by Hodder Headline. He is also the founder of Lume Books, a leading e-book publisher.

Joe Biden’s latest economic misstep leaves him looking painfully exposed
The President must scrap his misconceived global tax plan
Matthew Lynn4 Jul 2022, 3:41pm

Set airlines free to compete and end the travel chaos
Flying has never been a lot of fun, but it has never been as bad as now
Matthew Lynn3 Jul 2022, 11:00am
There's still money to be made in the stock market – here’s why
From here on, the rest of 2022 is more likely to get better than worse
Matthew Lynn1 Jul 2022, 3:59pm
Woke capitalism is busily destroying itself
By abdicating power to Left-wing social media teams, firms are angering their actual customers
Matthew Lynn30 Jun 2022, 7:17pm

Michael Gove is a one-man economic catastrophe
Levelling Up Secretary is the driving force behind a whole series of terrible policy mistakes
Matthew Lynn27 Jun 2022, 3:05pm
The vege-bubble is turning to vege-bust
Those who jumped on the bandwagon are about to be burnt - and sizzled and fried as well
Matthew Lynn26 Jun 2022, 12:00pm
The free money revolution is finally eating its children
Western governments are paying the price for unleashing an inflationary monster
Matthew Lynn25 Jun 2022, 6:00am
The dismal truth behind why so many people don’t want to work
The list of barriers to work is getting so long it is hard to keep up, from easy benefits to absurd tax incentives
Matthew Lynn23 Jun 2022, 5:07pm
The phoney 'fintech revolution' is eating itself
A decade after the phrase entered the mainstream, 'fintech' has promised a lot but delivered very little
Matthew Lynn19 Jun 2022, 11:00am
Three reasons London's economy is about to go into reverse
An anti-business Mayor and working from home are tipping the capital's growth into reverse
Matthew Lynn17 Jun 2022, 5:15pm

Emerging markets aren't emerging anymore – they are just stuck
Another lost decade beckons as Ukraine war and food shortages send globalisation into a full-scale retreat
Matthew Lynn14 Jun 2022, 10:00am
Good riddance to the 'cappuccino economy'
Starbucks changed the world - but now its model is running out of froth
Matthew Lynn12 Jun 2022, 6:00am
Boardrooms are colluding in a 'wellness' culture that sacrifices enterprise
Bosses' growing obsession with work-life balance is sending UK Plc down a dangerous path
Matthew Lynn10 Jun 2022, 2:58pm
Boris's rehashed 'benefits to bricks' housing policy is a trap
There's nothing wrong with encouraging home ownership, but it must get people to stand on their own two feet
Matthew Lynn9 Jun 2022, 6:20pm
The French far-Left is the biggest threat to the euro
Jean-Luc Mélenchon's rise shows that parliamentary elections could hardly have come at a worse time for Macron
Matthew Lynn6 Jun 2022, 3:33pm
Sir Nick Clegg is about to be miles out of his depth at Facebook
Sandberg turned Facebook from a place to keep up with friends into a commercial juggernaut
Matthew Lynn5 Jun 2022, 12:00pm
Rejoining the single market won’t fix the cost of living crisis
As it is, the UK is hardly short of economic challenges right now
Matthew Lynn4 Jun 2022, 6:00am
Unilever's activist investor must ditch the pious nonsense and push for a break-up
Nelson Peltz can bring fresh thinking to the troubled company, but must avoid being muzzled
Matthew Lynn1 Jun 2022, 6:36pm
Businesses must go on strike over Sunak’s disgraceful tax raid
The Government has been treating business as a bank account that can be raided whenever ministers feel like it
Matthew Lynn31 May 2022, 6:00am
We are squandering the chance to build a post-Brexit industrial superpower
The country's policies are a hopeless muddle of state intervention at a time when clarity is vital
Matthew Lynn30 May 2022, 6:00am
Why online fast fashion is facing a fast fiscal death
It's not just Missguided – the entire internet fashion industry is in trouble
Matthew Lynn29 May 2022, 6:00am
We might be back in the 1970s – but we have learned none of its lessons
We are simply trying to keep the "something for nothing" gravy train going forever
Matthew Lynn28 May 2022, 6:00am