Hugo Rifkind
Hugo Rifkind (b. 1977, Edinburgh) is an award-winning British columnist and leader writer for The Times. Formerly a columnist for The Herald, he joined The Times in 2005 as a diarist and features writer. He also writes regular columns for The Spectator and GQ.
Updated: 24 May 2012
Europe’s economic woes have forced us to try to understand the secret Olympian world of global finance. But now that we pay more attention to bond yields and stability mechanisms, isn’t it clear that the experts up on their lofty peaks don’t know what’s going on either?