German · b. 1961
Wolfgang Münchau is a German economics journalist and commentator who has spent his career covering the eurozone and European politics. He worked for many years at the Financial Times, where he was an associate editor and wrote a widely read column on European economic policy. He later founded Eurointelligence, a subscription service that analyses European economic and political developments for professionals, and he writes regularly on the euro and German policy. His books include The Meltdown Years (2009), on the financial crisis, and Kaput: The End of the German Miracle (2024), which argues that Germany's economic model rested on cheap Russian gas, export markets and a slow-moving car industry. He is known for sharp criticism of eurozone austerity and of German economic policy. His work matters to readers who want a plain account of why Europe's largest economy has stalled.