Tony Tassell
@tonytassell.bsky.social
Financial Opinion Editor at the FT. I have views. A spotter of things in markets, companies, world affairs. Also interested in food and climbing.
During the 2010s tech boom, Silicon Valley’s uniform was the hooded sweatshirt. Now many the twenty-something founders in San Francisco are wearing $2,000 Moncler vests - says @tim.fo in this column on the race for AI talent/dealmaking www.ft.com/content/9978...
Bubble talk has not damped Silicon Valley AI rush
Venture capital dealmaking on Sand Hill Road is still frenzied despite falls in tech sector shares
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November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
During the 2010s tech boom, Silicon Valley’s uniform was the hooded sweatshirt. Now many the twenty-something founders in San Francisco are wearing $2,000 Moncler vests - says @tim.fo in this column on the race for AI talent/dealmaking www.ft.com/content/9978...
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Madueke starting his post-match interview by thanking the Lord and his Saviour Jesus Christ. Hard to think of an English club, now or before, in which so many players have been driven by their (Christian) faith as this Arsenal team: Noni, Eze, Saka, Gabriel, Martinelli, Ødegaard and others.
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Madueke starting his post-match interview by thanking the Lord and his Saviour Jesus Christ. Hard to think of an English club, now or before, in which so many players have been driven by their (Christian) faith as this Arsenal team: Noni, Eze, Saka, Gabriel, Martinelli, Ødegaard and others.
The UN has changed the way it calculates the population of the cities - it now ranks Jakarta as the world's most populous city with 42mn inhabitants, Dhaka second and Tokyo now third www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
Jakarta Shoots to No. 1 in World Population Ranking From No. 33. How?
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November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The UN has changed the way it calculates the population of the cities - it now ranks Jakarta as the world's most populous city with 42mn inhabitants, Dhaka second and Tokyo now third www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...
it’s time for Japan to face up to the hard truth that it has maxed out on its available fiscal space - argues @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/fc79...
Japan needs to end its dangerous debt delusion
The country has to face up to the hard truth that it has maxed out on its fiscal flexibility
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November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
it’s time for Japan to face up to the hard truth that it has maxed out on its available fiscal space - argues @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/fc79...
A reminder of the case for lifting the two-child benefit cap - from a May column by @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/15f5...
Britain’s two-child benefit cap must go
The government should recognise that it has a stake in its people having enough children
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November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A reminder of the case for lifting the two-child benefit cap - from a May column by @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/15f5...
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“Mayfair will breathe a sigh of relief” at the announcement, said Elizabeth Bradley, partner at BCLP, an international law firm, on the mansion tax in the budget in the FT Live blog www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“Mayfair will breathe a sigh of relief” at the announcement, said Elizabeth Bradley, partner at BCLP, an international law firm, on the mansion tax in the budget in the FT Live blog www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
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Building on my earlier FT analysis, the unusual run-up to the UK budget continues with the premature publication of the OBR's assessment of the proposed measures, as well as the overall economic context.
The immediate market reactions include higher government bond yields and a weaker currency.
The immediate market reactions include higher government bond yields and a weaker currency.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Building on my earlier FT analysis, the unusual run-up to the UK budget continues with the premature publication of the OBR's assessment of the proposed measures, as well as the overall economic context.
The immediate market reactions include higher government bond yields and a weaker currency.
The immediate market reactions include higher government bond yields and a weaker currency.
"Senior officials in the OBR must be thinking about their positions, since a worse release of data cannot be imagined." - @chrisgiles.ft.com here in the FT Live blog www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Senior officials in the OBR must be thinking about their positions, since a worse release of data cannot be imagined." - @chrisgiles.ft.com here in the FT Live blog www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
UK Budget measures in brief here www.ft.com/content/9bd4...
Budget in brief: what you need to know
A quick guide to Rachel Reeves’ main policy announcements and official economic forecasts
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November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
UK Budget measures in brief here www.ft.com/content/9bd4...
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This (apparently well-known) anecdote floored me when I read it a couple of weeks ago>>
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This (apparently well-known) anecdote floored me when I read it a couple of weeks ago>>
Sad to hear belatedly of the passing of the Indian film actor Dharmendra - co-star of Sholay, considered by many to India's best film including this iconic scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_l8...
Ye Dosti Hum Nahi todenge (HD) Video Song | Sholay Movie Popular Song | Dharmendra,Amitabh Bachchan
YouTube video by Hindi Filmi Songs
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November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Sad to hear belatedly of the passing of the Indian film actor Dharmendra - co-star of Sholay, considered by many to India's best film including this iconic scene www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_l8...
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Happy Budget Day
Treasury will be hoping for a markets non-event today, after a rise in borrowing at last year's Budget landed badly with investors
Live blog 👇
www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
Treasury will be hoping for a markets non-event today, after a rise in borrowing at last year's Budget landed badly with investors
Live blog 👇
www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
What to watch for in the Budget
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy Budget Day
Treasury will be hoping for a markets non-event today, after a rise in borrowing at last year's Budget landed badly with investors
Live blog 👇
www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
Treasury will be hoping for a markets non-event today, after a rise in borrowing at last year's Budget landed badly with investors
Live blog 👇
www.ft.com/content/d0a5...
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try out the FT's fiscal drag calculator!
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
try out the FT's fiscal drag calculator!
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
www.ft.com/content/54cb...
meanwhile - from @banxtoons.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
meanwhile - from @banxtoons.bsky.social
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency - it is that supply cannot contract, argues @pdonovan-econ.bsky.social here with references to aftermath of Europe’s 14th century bubonic plague www.ft.com/content/a18c...
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency
There is a crypto parallel in the aftermath of Europe’s 14th century bubonic plague
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November 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency - it is that supply cannot contract, argues @pdonovan-econ.bsky.social here with references to aftermath of Europe’s 14th century bubonic plague www.ft.com/content/a18c...
"So what is the product, in the future, that China would like to buy from the rest of the world?” - this is the question @robinh.bsky.social put to business leaders/economists. He says the real answer is nothing and that is making trade with China impossible www.ft.com/content/f294...
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
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November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"So what is the product, in the future, that China would like to buy from the rest of the world?” - this is the question @robinh.bsky.social put to business leaders/economists. He says the real answer is nothing and that is making trade with China impossible www.ft.com/content/f294...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused in court complaint of facilitating payments to Hamas - @joemillerjr.ft.com and Nikou Asgari report www.ft.com/content/0aea...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
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November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused in court complaint of facilitating payments to Hamas - @joemillerjr.ft.com and Nikou Asgari report www.ft.com/content/0aea...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
The One Nation party in Australia led by Pauline Hanson - who has just reprised a stunt of wearing a burqa and mini-skirt in parliament - is doing much better in the polls than i had realised www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The One Nation party in Australia led by Pauline Hanson - who has just reprised a stunt of wearing a burqa and mini-skirt in parliament - is doing much better in the polls than i had realised www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
This is really worth your time - a podcast with @gideonrachman.bsky.social and Timothy Garton Ash that is such great distillation of where we were are in the world. www.ft.com/content/0988...
Europe’s triple shock: Putin, Trump and Xi
The ‘holiday from history’ is over
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November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is really worth your time - a podcast with @gideonrachman.bsky.social and Timothy Garton Ash that is such great distillation of where we were are in the world. www.ft.com/content/0988...
Chart of the day - from a Lex in Depth by Nick Megaw on the UK's ongoing credit crunch and the need to stimulate bank borrowing. Of 41 countries measured by the OECD, only seven have a lower rate of SME borrowing as a proportion of GDP. www.ft.com/content/4c03...
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Chart of the day - from a Lex in Depth by Nick Megaw on the UK's ongoing credit crunch and the need to stimulate bank borrowing. Of 41 countries measured by the OECD, only seven have a lower rate of SME borrowing as a proportion of GDP. www.ft.com/content/4c03...
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It’s been a long time coming, but FT Alphaville is finally on Substack. You can subscribe and read for free, here: on.ft.com/49D7nIl
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It’s been a long time coming, but FT Alphaville is finally on Substack. You can subscribe and read for free, here: on.ft.com/49D7nIl
Less talk about the cricket here this morning
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Less talk about the cricket here this morning