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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:20:34 +0000Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:06:20 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gilliantett(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7271cfe8-52ce-11e1-ae2c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7271cfe8-52ce-11e1-ae2c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss Knocking down office walls might promote a greater sense of transparency, but is it all good, Gillian Tett asksFri, 10 Feb 2012 21:20:34 +00007271cfe8-52ce-11e1-ae2c-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d447b98-533e-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d447b98-533e-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssToo often the quarry slips away for lack of evidence or of quotable sources, or because PR officials are waving libel laws in our faceThu, 9 Feb 2012 18:08:33 +00003d447b98-533e-11e1-aafd-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b2846420-4d4b-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b2846420-4d4b-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssIn today's world, CSR programmes have become a useful salve for a troubled corporate conscience, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 3 Feb 2012 21:25:21 +0000b2846420-4d4b-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b94b5df0-4912-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b94b5df0-4912-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssBy 2017 bank pay could look very different from how it appeared in the boom. And capitalism will look all the better for it, writes Gillian Tett Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:26:53 +0000b94b5df0-4912-11e1-954a-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/18cc0240-47cc-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/18cc0240-47cc-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssAfter five long years of financial turmoil, Americans might – just possibly – be getting used to shocks, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:40:19 +000018cc0240-47cc-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b328348-483f-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b328348-483f-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssWhen default loomed America's banks and government collaborated to prepare for the worst and that 'dry run' offers valuable lessons for the eurozoneThu, 26 Jan 2012 19:19:50 +00005b328348-483f-11e1-b1b4-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80f2ec16-41ec-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80f2ec16-41ec-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rssGillian Tett finds a nation looking at itself with uneaseTue, 24 Jan 2012 16:09:57 +000080f2ec16-41ec-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49ahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19ecfdd4-424d-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/19ecfdd4-424d-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rssThe growth of customised media, which espouse explicit tribal views, sets America apart from other western countries, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:30:50 +000019ecfdd4-424d-11e1-a1bf-00144feab49ahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7869b61c-42c6-11e1-93ea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7869b61c-42c6-11e1-93ea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rssNot everybody can try to grow their way out of trouble by exporting at the same timeThu, 19 Jan 2012 19:48:48 +00007869b61c-42c6-11e1-93ea-00144feab49ahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c0f13f46-3cd0-11e1-8d38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c0f13f46-3cd0-11e1-8d38-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssThe biopic demystifies austerity and shows that a nation can go through that painful tunnel and emerge at the other side, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:45:49 +0000c0f13f46-3cd0-11e1-8d38-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c389df0-3d3b-11e1-8129-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c389df0-3d3b-11e1-8129-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssIt would be tragic if this episode now pushes financiers and bureaucrats into their career silos again, writes Gillian TettThu, 12 Jan 2012 18:01:30 +00009c389df0-3d3b-11e1-8129-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/96961264-374c-11e1-b741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/96961264-374c-11e1-b741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssIt is fascinating to see the degree to which finance is now being discussed using phrases drawn from the science of atoms, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:05:03 +000096961264-374c-11e1-b741-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7830bb98-2cbc-11e1-aaf5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7830bb98-2cbc-11e1-aaf5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssThe assumption that banks provide funding to the private sector rather than act as piggy bank to the state is quietly crumbling, writes Gillian Tett Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:46:14 +00007830bb98-2cbc-11e1-aaf5-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ac3e928-1f53-11e1-90aa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ac3e928-1f53-11e1-90aa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssThe Fed's problem – like Japan a decade ago – is that the economy is 'bifurcated', writes Gillian Tett Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:38:07 +00007ac3e928-1f53-11e1-90aa-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2277d682-1fc4-11e1-9916-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2277d682-1fc4-11e1-9916-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssNever before has a woman held such a powerful position in the male-dominated world of global finance. Gillian Tett meets Christine LagardeFri, 9 Dec 2011 17:04:09 +00002277d682-1fc4-11e1-9916-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/afdb7f2c-1fbc-11e1-9916-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/afdb7f2c-1fbc-11e1-9916-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssAlmost any action you take today involves an interconnected digital machine. One might almost call them the third great sex, says Gillian Tett Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:04:09 +0000afdb7f2c-1fbc-11e1-9916-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3c78c6ac-1bca-11e1-8647-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3c78c6ac-1bca-11e1-8647-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssGillian Tett looks at 'dumpster-diving' – or the art of eating food waste from American garbage skipsFri, 2 Dec 2011 17:04:30 +00003c78c6ac-1bca-11e1-8647-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6b989370-164a-11e1-a691-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6b989370-164a-11e1-a691-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssJust three Republican candidates have declared that they believe in the scientific basis for evolution, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:57:40 +00006b989370-164a-11e1-a691-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c6bea54c-10cc-11e1-8010-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c6bea54c-10cc-11e1-8010-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssEven in the 'unimaginable' scenario of a eurozone break-up, it would be less messy than in the USSR in 1991, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:22:57 +0000c6bea54c-10cc-11e1-8010-00144feabdc0http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db50ab04-110d-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rsshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db50ab04-110d-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rssThe problems presently afflicting eurozone banks and bond markets might be about to get worse, due to the state of the sovereign CDS sectorThu, 17 Nov 2011 17:14:05 +0000db50ab04-110d-11e1-a95c-00144feabdc0