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  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    On Wall StreetCryptocurrencies
    The eternal dream of automatic money

    A currency that cannot be corrupted by bad decisions is not what humans really want

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    The Long ViewFederal Reserve
    The Fed’s balance sheet is normal and political

    Central bank choices will always help some people more than others

  • Saturday, 26 March, 2022
    On Wall StreetWar in Ukraine
    A superyacht is a terrible asset

    Russians hold a disproportionate number of the biggest ones

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    On Wall StreetStablecoins
    Stablecoin firms should be regulated like the banks they are

    Holders of the digital assets should have similar protections to depositors

  • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
    On Wall StreetBitcoin
    Crypto world divide exposed by ‘bividend’

    BTCS Nasdaq-listed company distributes capital in bitcoin — an asset with value, but no purpose

  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    FT SeriesHow to eat and drink it this Christmas
    Our 25 favourite hotel bars

    We asked FT writers to nominate the best destinations for the perfect drink. Here are the top picks

  • Saturday, 20 November, 2021
    The Long ViewDigital currencies
    MiamiCoin, a currency without sovereignty

    City-states have always had their own money, but they have also controlled it

  • Saturday, 9 October, 2021
    The Long ViewUS economy
    The $1tn coin is a poor replacement for US treasuries

    Platinum currency is a short-term tactic for the White House but not a long-term fix 

  • Saturday, 11 September, 2021
    FT readers respond
    ‘Surviving 9/11’: FT Readers share their thoughts

    Join the conversation in the comments below to tell us your memories of the day.

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    FT MagazineTerrorism
    ‘I am still captive’: surviving 9/11

    When the Twin Towers fell, Brendan Greeley ran. This is his story 

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    ReviewHistory books
    How Europe went from backwater to global dominance

    'The Verge’ takes up the question of the Great Divergence, exploring how for a time, the continent grew faster than the rest of the world

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    Transcript
    How community banks were small business saviours during the pandemic

    US community banks played an instrumental role in keeping small businesses alive

  • Monday, 30 August, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Afghanistan faces economic catastrophe, US community banks

    The US withdrawal and Taliban takeover leads to inflation, cash shortages and economic insecurity

  • Sunday, 29 August, 2021
    The Big Read
    How US community banks became ‘irreplaceable’ in the pandemic

    Local lenders played an outsized role in dispensing loans to small businesses but must continue to adapt as banking moves online

  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    The Long ViewSovereign bonds
    A quality theory of Treasuries

    To value US sovereign debt, think about what it buys

  • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
    Federal Reserve
    The Fed should stop treating all money the same

    As a cash pile mounts in the financial system, the central bank’s interest rate policy is working less well than it used to

  • Saturday, 3 July, 2021
    On Wall StreetFederal Reserve
    Let’s all please stop calling dollars ‘fiat money’

    Currencies are not memes that only have value because governments say they do

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    How To Spend ItThe Escape issue
    ‘Would you like a ski room with that?’ On board the new superyachts

    Banja spas, jacuzzi islands, helipads and centrifuges... Here’s the spec on what’s hot right now

  • Saturday, 22 May, 2021
    On Wall StreetBitcoin
    How can bitcoin become money if it is too valuable to spend?

    The cryptocurrency has risen in value but is meant to be more than an asset

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
    How To Spend It: The Travel Issue
    A fine romance in New Orleans

    Dree Hemingway illuminates fashion’s easy glamour, while Brendan Greeley pens a love letter to the city he once called home

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    On Wall StreetBitcoin
    Bitcoin boom fuels fight over money creation

    Throughout history, hard coin and credit have circulated together

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
    FT AlphavilleShipping
    The bank effect and the big boat blocking the Suez

    Perhaps it was the wind. But in hydrodynamics, size matters.

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    On Wall StreetBitcoin
    Bitcoin cannot replace the banks

    Cryptocurrency hopes are based on a misunderstanding of how money is created

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    EU to allow UK data flow, commodities boom, China's box office

    Brussels set to allow EU data into the UK, prices signal a new commodity 'supercycle'

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
    Markets InsightPrecious metals
    No long-term silver lining for markets

    History shows its limited value as a shelter in catastrophic financial collapse

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