http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gillian-tett Latest Gillian Tett columns from the Financial Times en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2013. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:50:07 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:56 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/markets/gillian-tett http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gillian-tett http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/eba42a94-d3bc-11e2-95d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In an age of economic challenge and technological change, why do students choose humanities rather than sciences? Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:50:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/eba42a94-d3bc-11e2-95d4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct eba42a94-d3bc-11e2-95d4-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cf344a0-d435-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Regulators and some bankers are trying to assess just how damaging a US rate increase might be – not just for big banks, but small ones too Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:03:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cf344a0-d435-11e2-8639-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5cf344a0-d435-11e2-8639-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c7e99970-ce3c-11e2-a13e-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Had my illness happened in America, not Singapore, I might not have survived Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:30:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c7e99970-ce3c-11e2-a13e-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c7e99970-ce3c-11e2-a13e-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76778796-cebe-11e2-ae25-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is not so much the CDO technology itself that is problematic, but how it is sometimes used – or abused – amid a desperate search for yield Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:11:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76778796-cebe-11e2-ae25-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 76778796-cebe-11e2-ae25-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2d79860e-c8bd-11e2-acc6-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct These days, the overriding fashion for speakers is to talk about their inner journeys and personal struggles Fri, 31 May 2013 17:56:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2d79860e-c8bd-11e2-acc6-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2d79860e-c8bd-11e2-acc6-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbd2da00-c344-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Having a Bloomberg terminal has become tantamount to being part of the club of the modern global financial elite Sun, 26 May 2013 14:40:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbd2da00-c344-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct bbd2da00-c344-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e0160126-c227-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A physicist argues that time is the only constant. Gillian Tett reviews ‘Time Reborn’, by Lee Smolin Fri, 24 May 2013 17:37:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e0160126-c227-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e0160126-c227-11e2-8992-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/241c7166-c3b8-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In the first three months of 2013 a mere 35 US venture capital funds raised just $4bn – 12% lower than the year before, says Gillian Tett Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/241c7166-c3b8-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 241c7166-c3b8-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3b5f5ae4-bdbb-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The issue of farm labour cuts to the heart of much bigger ideological divides in America Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3b5f5ae4-bdbb-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3b5f5ae4-bdbb-11e2-890a-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0810ce9a-be2c-11e2-9b27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Quantitative easing helps the system absorb small shocks, but masks contradictions that may provoke crisis in a big shock, Gillian Tett says Thu, 16 May 2013 14:48:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0810ce9a-be2c-11e2-9b27-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0810ce9a-be2c-11e2-9b27-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/57148c00-b83e-11e2-bd62-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ‘There’s an instinctive, half-articulated alarm about the fact that we keep conjuring up trillions out of thin air’ Fri, 10 May 2013 18:17:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/57148c00-b83e-11e2-bd62-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 57148c00-b83e-11e2-bd62-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fca4054c-b8b6-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Historically, Europeans always had a lower debt ratio than Americans, but those two lines have now crossed Thu, 09 May 2013 16:10:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fca4054c-b8b6-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fca4054c-b8b6-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f5763610-b2bb-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A silent, dark underbelly of economic pain is stalking America’s current ‘recovery’ Fri, 03 May 2013 17:36:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f5763610-b2bb-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f5763610-b2bb-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b70eb990-ad40-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Statisticians are borrowing models from seismology and physics to forecast future patterns of war and terrorism Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:21:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b70eb990-ad40-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b70eb990-ad40-11e2-b27f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d311082-adba-11e2-82b8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Private sector involvement in the mortgage-backed securities market has practically disappeared in the US, writes Gillian Tett Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:45:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d311082-adba-11e2-82b8-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1d311082-adba-11e2-82b8-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/da931d58-a7c2-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Facebook’s chief operating officer has enraged both sexes with her new book on women and work. She talks to Gillian Tett Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:16:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/da931d58-a7c2-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct da931d58-a7c2-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/415142c8-a7bd-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct For today’s newly rich elite it is too easy to buy art, but grabbing a one-of-a-kind piece of ‘real’ history carries cachet, writes Gillian Tett Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:37:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/415142c8-a7bd-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 415142c8-a7bd-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0aacf78c-a801-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Investors or regulators need to spend more time thinking about the way social media can affect financial markets, writes Gillian Tett Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:08:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0aacf78c-a801-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0aacf78c-a801-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1f3676b0-a239-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If you look at all sectors of the economy, the age of entrepreneurs is rising, not falling Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:01:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1f3676b0-a239-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1f3676b0-a239-11e2-8971-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64e9840a-a2c4-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The battle that the former Fed chairman fought three decades ago left him aware of how limited central bank powers really are, Gillian Tett says Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:14:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64e9840a-a2c4-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_gillian-tett%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 64e9840a-a2c4-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0