When money went rogue: banking in 19th-century frontier America
In 19th-century America almost anyone could print their own money – and many did. One of the most notable figures to take this up was a man...
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20 of 323 episodesHitting the Buffers: The 1873 railway bust that broke one of America’s greatest financiers
Every now and then a new technology comes along that changes everything – electricity, computers, potentially AI. In mid-19th-century Americ...
How ancient Mesopotamians solved runaway debt
Long before modern economics, rulers such as Hammurabi in ancient Mesopotamia grappled with a political problem that still haunts our econom...
They are history’s geniuses. But were they any good at investing?
Does scientific, artistic or political brilliance translate into investing success? It’s a topical question with hedge funds today accused o...
Introducing: The Story of Money
The economist John Kenneth Galbraith once quipped that “there can be few fields of human endeavour in which history counts for so little as...
Finale: The collapse of India’s $22bn tech star
For our final episode: Education start-up Byju’s quickly became the pride of India during the Covid-19 pandemic. But almost as fast as the c...
Private credit’s public reckoning
After years of fast-paced growth, private credit is facing intense scrutiny. In recent months, investors have made requests to withdraw bill...
Best of: How the diamond industry lost its sparkle
This week, we are revisiting a favorite episode. The natural diamond industry is facing an existential threat: lab-grown diamonds. They are...
Introducing Untold: Opus Dei
Introducing Opus Dei , a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of...
Wall Street and crypto battle over the future of money
US President Donald Trump handed crypto companies a huge win last year when he signed a piece of legislation to regulate an important part o...
Vote for Behind the Money in the NYC Podcast Awards!
Behind the Money has been nominated for an NYC Podcast Award in the Best Interview Podcast category. It’s an Audience Choice award, which me...
Co-creators Mickey Down & Konrad Kay on ‘Industry’
This week Michela and the FT’s US banking editor, Joshua Franklin, interview the co-creators of the hit television show, Industry . In its f...
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have made national headlines. But behind ICE’s operations, a sprawling web of private co...
How a private equity pioneer lost its grip on the market it invented
Partners Group pursued an innovative approach to private equity: The firm built a business serving a market of individual investors. Now, a...
A hedge fund’s $8bn bet on Venezuela’s Citgo
When the hedge fund Elliott Management pursued the acquisition of the oil refinery business Citgo a few years ago, the deal was already a co...
How the Federal Reserve might change under Kevin Warsh
US President Donald Trump on Friday made his pick to lead the Federal Reserve: Kevin Warsh. The former central bank governor with ties to Wa...
Can Wells Fargo make it in investment banking?
For more than 170 years, Wells Fargo built a reputation as an all-American Main Street lender. Now, it is charting a new path and pushing in...
The rapid collapse of Saks Global
Saks Global, the parent company of the historic luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue, recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protecti...
Davos’ fight for relevance
Every January a collection of the world’s top business and political leaders head to the Swiss town of Davos for the annual meeting of the W...
Martin Wolf on the economy in 2026
From the artificial intelligence bubble to trade policy, Michela asks Martin Wolf, the FT's chief economics commentator, how the biggest sto...