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Gillian Tett

Gillian Tett

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Why breaking the rules is easy for Trump

The US presidential race can be seen as a tussle between ‘universal’ and ‘situational’ views of the law

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What the Dutch central bank tells us about Bidenomics

Opinion polls suggest the US economy is imploding but hard data shows something else

27.06.2024 6

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Crisis memory, geopolitics and the risks of financial contagion

The question of how well we can deal with shocks in our future is not at all clear

21.06.2024 20

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What investors should learn from a Berlin housing saga

Corporate boards might be surprised by some of the ideas floating around on Europe’s left-leaning political wing

13.06.2024 10

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There are risks lurking in the world of private capital

A recent court ruling against SEC reforms of the sector is an unfortunate blow to transparency and fairness

07.06.2024 10

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There is currency stress on the horizon

But this may not be obvious to investors who cut their teeth in the past decade

30.05.2024 10

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Forget macro and micro, it’s mesoeconomics that matters

Understanding networks properly will help us to better grasp how the economy actually works

23.05.2024 30

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There is a new twist in the TikTok tale

A ‘people’s bid’ for the app raises profound questions about how we live online

16.05.2024 20

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Regulators at last have oil-price fixing in their sights

The FTC’s ruling on Exxon-Pioneer deal shines a spotlight on the workings of Opec and industry executives

09.05.2024 20

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How to tell good industrial policy from bad

Experience shows that encouraging exports rather than slapping tariffs on imports works best

02.05.2024 30

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The rise of playlist politics

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02.05.2024 40

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Lessons for investors from the history of war finance

Governments rarely tell voters the true cost of military adventures, or how they intend to pay for them

25.04.2024 20

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The corporate world needs to collaborate on cyber risk

As threats morph, the cultural objections to working with the government must change too

18.04.2024 20

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What eight centuries of data tells us about interest rates

Research suggests that these have long been in steady decline

11.04.2024 5

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Snickers wars reveal the enduring perversity of human behaviour

Market failures occur because consumers are not the all-knowing rational agents that appear in economic models

04.04.2024 7

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Crypto lobbyists are on manoeuvres — and we should be worried

The scale of the campaign the industry is unleashing ahead of the US election is striking

28.03.2024 30

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It’s time to be honest about America’s commercial real estate hangover

The ‘pretend and extend’ tactics playing out in the sector need to end

21.03.2024 10

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What TikTok tells us about the paradox of markets right now

From geopolitical risk to capricious US decision-making, investors face uncertain times

14.03.2024 9

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A rotten system for sovereign debt restructuring needs fixing

The state of New York is right to push for reform, despite objections from Wall Street

07.03.2024 7

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Green audits are coming for a company near you

American companies are trying to head off the introduction of strict rules like those imposed in the EU

29.02.2024 6

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Make sure your brain has a diverse portfolio too

Students find shelter from the AI storm by taking joint degrees that help make them adaptable to a shifting jobs market

22.02.2024 10

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Private equity ignores protests at its peril

Years of cheap money have created a bubble that risks provoking a backlash even from beneficiaries

15.02.2024 10

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Lessons from finance in the battle against deepfakes

Policymakers should look at the long history of the fight against counterfeit money

08.02.2024 8

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China needs to learn lessons from 1990s Japan

There are mistakes that policymakers in Beijing should avoid when grappling with a property crisis

01.02.2024 20

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Will politics or economics win out in 2024?

The belief that demand cycles trump supply-side issues needs updating

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For all our fear of AI dystopia, it may help to level up society

The inclusive vision for the technology put forward by will.i.am makes a nice change

18.01.2024 4

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Reasons to be optimistic in 2024 — despite everything

Science is delivering breakthroughs in key areas, trade is holding up and tyrants won’t last forever

11.01.2024 5

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The Magnificent Seven is not the only concentration America should worry about

Ownership of equities suggests that US democratic shareholder capitalism is more myth than reality

04.01.2024 8

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What medieval painters tell us about wealth today

While being rich might be more acceptable than it once was, the influence that comes with it is more controversial

28.12.2023 10

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US policymakers are turning up the heat on TikTok

Increasingly, they view the platform as a Chinese tool to manipulate American minds

22.12.2023 9

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Ukraine needs a military-industrial complex of its own

As the country waits for government aid, it is also courting business support for its defence innovation

14.12.2023 4

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The beauty of art is in the eye of your wealth manager

Collectors increasingly cite financial value as their main motivation for buying pieces

07.12.2023 9

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