Gillian Tett

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1,226 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 Sep

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The Story of Money · The 1980s Garfield buyout that changed corporate finance · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

Too much is disruptive. voice-verified

And I'm Gillian Tech. voice-verified

The Story of Money · The US dollar’s ‘immigrant’ origins · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

Well that shows the joys of multiculturalism and immigrants they get the job done. matched

So when is someone gonna tell the American government that they're using an immigrant coin? matched

That's a topic which is super timely today because I've been seeing central bank governors and finance ministers recently. matched

And what many of them are wondering is can the dominance of the dollar remain in place? matched

And is there anything which could possibly topple it? matched

And of course to answer those questions about why the dollar is so dominant, it actually pays to look not just to the future but also to the past and to understand exactly how and where the dollar came from in the first place. matched

Because people don't often ask that question, do they, Robin? matched

But the original inventor has been almost completely written out of the history books. matched

And that's partly because he was something of a r inept character. matched

He wasn't a great hero. matched

He was a bit of a d loser, as you might say, in a time. matched

And when he created the dollar, he had no idea what was gonna happen to it. matched

This is you getting creative in a way that you're never allowed to do before when we're working together. matched

And it takes us to the point that the dollar actually started not in any printing press or central bank, but actually in a silver mine. matched

Well, what has certainly piqued is discussion about whether the dollar regime that's dominated the global economy and financial system for the last few decades might indeed be starting to fracture a bit as rivals like China start to challenge it, and of course cryptocurrencies provide a potential alternative. matched

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If we're going to start talking about the dollar and the future of the dollar, we have to go back first and look at how the dollar actually first came to life. matched

And to help us tell that extraordinary story, which most people never talk about at all. matched

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