Gillian Tett
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1,226 appearances
12 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 2 Sep
Gillian Tett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But sadly, that's it from us and this week's episode.
I'm Gillian Ted.
he was quite a strong believer in capitalism and in the profit motive.
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Dare I say it almost like a Gordon Gecko character who believed that greed was good.
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I love it.
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I mean I'm was a teenager in the 1980s and they are both icons of the 1980s.
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Gordon Gecko famously said greed is good, epitomising the attitude of Wall Street in those days.
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And Garfield, well what can I say?
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He was a cartoon character famous for loving lasagna.
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And I mean let's be honest, it wasn't the first ever private equity deal out there.
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But the key point is that this was the deal that put private equity on the map.
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And back then, in fact, it wasn't actually called private equity.
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The key word is the leverage buyout era of the nineteen eighties.
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Welcome to the story of money from the Financial Times.
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I'm
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Wigglesworth.
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And I'm Gillian Tett, child of the 80s.
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Thank you very much for having me.
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Now, Hetty, you worked for The Guardian, which is not usually a publication that delves into the d finer details of financial structures.
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So tell us, you know, what made you want to write about private equity?
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