Frances Coppola

Frances Coppola is the author of the Coppola Comment finance and economics blog, which is a regular feature on the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog and has been cited in The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Guardian. Coppola is also Associate Editor at the online magazine Pieria and a frequent commentator on financial matters for the BBC.

Is 'helicopter money' the answer to the looming economic crisis?

Central banks must join the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. But policymakers must be cautious about using the wrong tool at the wrong time.

By Frances Coppola

/ 17 Mar 2020

Is 'helicopter money' the answer to the looming economic crisis?

The Tories aren’t the party of business – just the London financial elite

The Conservative Party used to look after big, nationwide businesses. Now it serves a finance industry based in a few small areas of the capital.

By Frances Coppola

/ 27 Nov 2019

The Tories aren’t the party of business – just the London financial elite

The payments system is a vital public service – why don't we run it like one?

We know what banks do, don’t we? They manage people’s savings, help them to buy houses, and provide finance for businesses. The old 3-6-3 model of banking says

By Frances Coppola

/ 9 Nov 2017

Inequality: the nexus of wealth and debt

If we are to create a more equal world, and reduce the risk of financial meltdown, we need to cure ourselves not only of our love of debt, but of our love of wealth.

By Frances Coppola

/ 22 Jul 2016

High-stakes European poker: a reply to Curzon Price

Frances Coppola responds to ‘The Varoufakis game is not chicken’, authored by Tony Curzon Price. Greek exit now would be disastrous for both Greece and the Eurozone.

By Frances Coppola

/ 7 Mar 2015

High-stakes European poker: a reply to Curzon Price

Frances Coppola responds to ‘The Varoufakis game is not chicken’, authored by Tony Curzon Price. Greek exit now would be disastrous for both Greece and the Eurozone.

By Frances Coppola

/ 7 Mar 2015

Reflections on Rochester and Strood

There is an enormous gulf between what the media thinks this election is about and what the local people want it to be about.

By Frances Coppola

/ 18 Nov 2014

Europe heading for the rocks: a reply to Varoufakis and Galbraith

Frances Coppola responds to ‘Whither Europe?’, authored by Yanis Varoufakis and James Galbraith. The Euro crisis is over, yes? Not so fast. It has simply moved from acute to chronic.

By Frances Coppola

/ 25 Sep 2014

Europe heading for the rocks: a reply to Varoufakis and Galbraith

Frances Coppola responds to ‘Whither Europe?’, authored by Yanis Varoufakis and James Galbraith. The Euro crisis is over, yes? Not so fast. It has simply moved from acute to chronic.

By Frances Coppola

/ 25 Sep 2014