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Gillian Tett

Financial Times columnist and social anthropologist; author of "Anthro-Vision"

The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Gillian Tett, updated daily.

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4 months ago
Jun 24

The US dollar’s ‘immigrant’ origins

The story of the hapless count and the Bohemian silver mine that created the dollar.

The Story of Money
4 months ago
Jun 22

How much is a trillion?

June 22nd, 2026 9am: What we know about the high level negotiations between the U. S. and Iran as the fallout grows for Trump on Capitol Hill.

Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle (MS NOW)
5 months ago
Jun 18

Trump v Senate GOP

June 18th, 2026; 9am: The Supreme Court could announce decisions on landmark cases from this term.

Money Power Politics with Stephanie Ruhle (MS NOW)
5 months ago
Jun 17

The financial scams that brought Albania to the brink of war

1997 was the country’s year of financial…

The Story of Money
5 months ago
Jun 10

When Nixon put America first and took the dollar off gold

US to the world: “It’s our dollar, but it’s your…

The Story of Money
5 months ago
Jun 3

Why Richard Nixon torpedoed the global monetary system

All the gold in Fort Knox wasn’t enough to save the US…

The Story of Money
5 months ago
May 27

The 18th-century woman who made saving possible for the poor

She set up England’s first “penny bank”, an early exercise in financial…

The Story of Money
5 months ago
May 20

The deal that put the dollar at the centre of the world

The Bretton Woods agreement: a tale of boozing, womanising, espionage and a heart…

The Story of Money
6 months ago
May 13

Why money is the biggest shared hallucination in human history

What human-sized stones on the island of Yap reveal about the true nature of…

The Story of Money
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