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Gillian Tett

Columnist and member of the editorial board

Gillian Tett is a columnist and member of the editorial board for the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on Friday, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. She also serves as Provost of King's College, Cambridge.

Previously, she chaired the FT editorial board, ran Moral Money, the FT's sustainability newsletter which she co-founded, and wrote two columns a week. Gillian's earlier roles included US managing editor for the FT; assistant editor; capital markets editor; deputy editor of the Lex column; Tokyo bureau chief; reporter in Russia and Brussels.

She has been named Columnist of the Year (2014), Journalist of the Year (2009) and Business Journalist of the Year (2008) in the British Press Awards, and received three awards from America's Society of Business and Economic Writers Awards. She is a best-selling and award-winning author of four books, and received the Royal Anthropological Institute Marsh Award and the American Anthropological Association President Medal for her work in social science. She has received honorary degrees from Carnegie Mellon, Miami and Baruch universities in America, and Exeter, Lancaster, Goldsmith's, London in the UK.

Email Gillian Tett @gilliantett  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    Climate change
    Green activists need to think beyond carbon emissions

    The economic imperative of climate resilience means adaptation must be considered as well as mitigation

    An illustration showing a wetland with water shaped like the UK map, surrounded by plants featuring pound signs
  • Friday, 24 October, 2025
    Argentina
    America’s risky bid to make Argentina great again

    Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is taking a big gamble with his $20bn swap line to prop up a Trump ally

    Illustration of a red Maga hat with a peak on either side with the words ‘Make Argentina Great Again’ on it
  • Friday, 17 October, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    AI has a cargo cult problem

    Spending vast sums and inflating an investment bubble is no guarantee of unleashing technological magic

    A robot hovers under a spotlight
  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    US economy
    America is sucking in growth from the rest of the world

    Global FDI is flowing west — this may well be one of Trump’s biggest legacies

    A dollar sign is formed from colorful puzzle pieces, each featuring different currency symbols such as euro, yen, pound, and others.
  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Investors could face a bonfire night surprise on Trump tariffs

    The legal tussle over the president’s trade policy is a result of the way he wields power

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a portrait of an English king, with the back of Donald Trump’s head in place of the king’s face
  • Friday, 26 September, 2025
    Climate change
    Trump’s climate tirade will not stop the new ESG

    The US president’s assault on the green energy ‘scam’ is part of the struggle with China for global economic hegemony

    Illustration of a polar bear walking on an ice floe shaped like the map of the US
  • Friday, 19 September, 2025
    Military technology
    How drones have transformed the nature of war

    Ukraine and Russia’s experience has changed the economics of combat

    Graphic illustration of numerous military drones and missiles arranged in a dense, grid-like formation against a blue sky
  • Friday, 12 September, 2025
    Federal Reserve
    The battle for the Fed is about much more than interest rates

    Trump and his economic advisers want to narrow the central bank’s mission dramatically

    An illustration showing the Federal Reserve building encased in a glass dome, with an American flag on top
  • Friday, 5 September, 2025
    US companies
    The psychology of CEO loyalty to Trump

    C-suites are conspicuously silent in the face of the president’s policy surprises

    An illustration showing a businessman kneeling with hands raised as a bald eagle throws two and a half stars towards him.
  • Friday, 29 August, 2025
    US politics & policy
    America’s new ‘patriotic’ capitalism

    In the land of the (supposedly) free markets, government stakes and price controls are met with silence on Wall Street

    An illustration of a US 100 dollar bill is overlaid with the red background and five yellow stars from China's flag.
  • Friday, 8 August, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    Could AI help America out of its debt hole?

    Some investors believe the technology’s productivity benefits will put the US on a better fiscal path

    Illustration of the Batman-like signal with the letters “AI” being projected into the night sky from the White House
  • Friday, 1 August, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Five things investors should ponder on crypto

    Yes, there are risks, but we should recognise that the underlying technology can be useful

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a pair of wings and flames around an Ethereum sign referring to a rising phoenix.
  • Friday, 25 July, 2025
    Financial services
    Investors beware the dangers lurking in private credit

    For some observers, the rapid rise of this asset class invites unsettling historical comparisons

    Illustration of a one dollar coin, a quarter, a dime and five cents as musical notes
  • Friday, 18 July, 2025
    Populism
    Threats to the Fed go beyond firing Powell

    Curtis Yarvin’s ideas are going ever more mainstream in Trump’s Washington — and investors should be worried

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of the eagle from the Fed’s logo flying away
  • Saturday, 12 July, 2025
    The Weekend Essay
    The new age of geoeconomics

    Donald Trump’s tariff threats are just part of a much wider shift. Gillian Tett explains why commerce is being subordinated to statecraft — and how we can adapt

    A colour illustration of two scenes reflected in a pair of binoculars. On the left, a cargo ship transports trees, wind turbines and containers. On the right, jets take off from an aircraft carrier
  • Friday, 11 July, 2025
    US equities
    Trump is sowing confusion in the markets

    While the behaviour of bonds suggests a downturn, American stocks are at record highs

    Illustration of Trump’s feet turned backwards while he walks forwards
  • Friday, 4 July, 2025
    Science
    The Lunar Society is a cautionary tale for Trump’s America

    When political populism collides with scientific innovation, there is usually only one winner

    Illustration of a glass lab flask shattering at the base into a hole shaped like Donald Trump’s profile
  • Friday, 27 June, 2025
    Gold
    Gold glitters as mistrust spreads

    Calls for European governments to repatriate the bullion they store in the US are a sign of something bigger

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a Jenga game made with bars of gold
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Global Economy
    The markets are silent — that is worrying

    Investors are so stunned they can’t process the warning signs of a looming tail risk

    Illustration of a tail risk diagram shapes a shark with open mouth
  • Saturday, 14 June, 2025
    Global Economy
    Oil in the new age of volatility

    High prices will undermine Trump’s plans to drive inflation lower and make it harder for the Federal Reserve to cut rates

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
    US dollar
    Central banks are beginning to fret about dollar swap lines

    Officials outside the US worry about what will happen when Jay Powell leaves the Fed

    Illustration of a train with each wagon as a bar of silver
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    Life & Arts
    UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi: ‘I am a calm person. I focus on what I can do’

    The IAEA’s director-general on why Iran is his ‘biggest preoccupation’ — and the challenges of safeguarding Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine

    An illustration of a man in a suit and tie in a room with wooden beams
  • Friday, 6 June, 2025
    US Government
    The fight to protect US data has begun

    Science, civic life and commerce all rely on safeguarding government statistics from Trump’s assault

    Illustration of Uncle Sam’s top hat as a magician’s hat, with a wand making yellow computer files disappear into it
  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    US tax
    There’s a ticking time bomb in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

    Investors are fretting about a clause that would penalise foreign holders of US assets

    Illustration of Donald Trump looking especially orange with coins over his eyes
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    US Treasury bonds
    The market entrails look worrying after Trump’s ‘Triple B’ budget

    Investor unease at the US’s fiscal position is growing

    Illustration of a crumpled dollar as a ball that is connected to a chain
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