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Gillian Tett

Gillian Tett

Financial Times

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The Trump oil dilemma

Some advisers now view the price of the fossil fuel as a crucial anti-inflation tool

28.03.2025 5

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Why a weight-loss drug could become a geopolitical bargaining chip

Ozempic might feature in future US negotiations with Denmark over Greenland

21.03.2025 10

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Tariffs on goods may be a prelude to tariffs on money

Capital inflows could be the Trump administration’s next target

14.03.2025 30

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What a Mar-a-Lago accord could look like

Trump’s team consider financial policy interventions to be crucial in a grand reordering of global finance and trade

07.03.2025 20

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Why investors should be worrying about impoundment

The Trump buzzword looks set to become a weapon in the budget wars

28.02.2025 20

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How Washington plans to defend the dollar

Trade tariffs grab headlines but the less-visible fight around money matters deeply to the president

22.02.2025 10

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Smaller countries learn to hedge their bets in the age of Trump

This is a world in which no one can ‘price’ peace any more

14.02.2025 4

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Gold glitters as the unimaginable becomes imaginable

The US president wants to weaken the dollar while preserving its exorbitant privilege

07.02.2025 30

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Musk is right — US government badly needs a digital makeover

If he can drive the change that’s required, future generations will thank him

31.01.2025 5

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Five ways to fix the knowledge crisis in the age of Trump

Elites must not be complacent about a widening epistemological gulf which threatens democracy

24.01.2025 20

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The bond markets vs Donald Trump

There is a notable — and rising — risk of financial turmoil if the new White House does anything to spook investors

17.01.2025 3

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Dollar dominance means tariffs are not the only game in town

America’s grip on global financial services could provide Trump with another source of leverage

10.01.2025 5

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We need to think again about what the ‘A’ in AI signifies

Looking at the technology through a different cultural lens casts its threat and promise in a new light

27.12.2024 3

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A fiscal fight is brewing in the court of Donald Trump

America’s debt pile and the case for tax cuts will be flashpoints inside the new administration

20.12.2024 8

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The chain of contradictions in Trump’s economic policy

His team is promising high growth, low inflation and control of government spending — all at once

13.12.2024 10

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Mainstream memecoins signal changing markets

Ordinary investors need to pay attention to new information flows online

06.12.2024 9

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Markets will have to get used to Trump’s mercantilist mindset

The next US president and his team see trade in political, rather than narrowly economic, terms

29.11.2024 8

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Globalisation is not dead — it’s just changed

What happens next does not depend on the US alone, we are seeing a shift to a multipolar world

22.11.2024 4

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How to trade in the Trump era

From bitcoin to navigating the new president’s Tudor court, investors should bear the following in mind

15.11.2024 3

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What kind of capitalism does Donald Trump believe in?

The president-elect would do well to remember Adam Smith’s lessons about the role ‘moral sentiments’ play in markets

08.11.2024 3

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How Hollywood ran shy of geopolitics

Film distributors are increasingly wary of anything that might prove controversial

02.11.2024 4

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Don’t be beguiled by the apparent calm reigning in US bond markets

The outcome of the presidential election could yet cause a crisis of confidence

25.10.2024 10

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Investing in Ukraine’s homegrown defence industry could help the west

A creative approach to supporting the country would look at its military start-up scene

18.10.2024 4

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Our leaders must reject revenge politics

It’s not the lessons of 1944 that we need to learn from — but those of 1919

27.09.2024 20

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Life insurance becomes less boring with creative financial engineering

As the Fed cuts rates, markets are rallying — but there are long-term risks from experiments

19.09.2024 4

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America has an innovation and incumbency problem

Politicians should be taking questions of R&D and corporate power much more seriously

12.09.2024 3

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The stakeholder doctrine is flourishing despite attacks on ESG

Corporate leaders realise they can’t ignore the social and political context in which they operate

06.09.2024 5

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Markets should beware the normalisation of threats

Seeing multiple shocks as usual could end in disaster

29.08.2024 2

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The American dream needs an update

A rejuvenated version is necessary to rebuild the shattered political centre

22.08.2024 2

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Don’t underestimate the cost of the green transition

Initiatives like America’s Inflation Reduction Act are a first step, not a silver bullet

15.08.2024 2

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Market gyrations reflect fears about the unwinding of QE

The yen carry trade is a symptom not a cause of investor anxiety

08.08.2024 2

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Finance should pay much more attention to undersea cables risk

The threats to this crucial infrastructure are growing but there are possible solutions

01.08.2024 3

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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

25.07.2024 3

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