The global financial crisis and its implications for western liberal capitalism have again offered an opportunity for the FT to connect the dots and cover a crisis spanning New York, London, Dubai, Moscow and Beijing. In this sense, history has come full circle. The City of London may have been diminished by the recent crisis but it remains one of the world’s great financial centres – open to immigrants, innovation and talent. It would be churlish to compare today’s bloggers with the unregulated tipsheets of the late 19th century. But in this – the second wave of globalisation – the premium once again is on accuracy and authority.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Financial Times at 125: The world in focus
Today the FT celebrates its 125th anniversary. It still appears in its trademark pink printed format (a marketing wheeze conceived in 1893) but its news and views are now published to a global readership in real time on multiple platforms: the smartphone, the tablet and the desktop computer
The global financial crisis and its implications for western liberal capitalism have again offered an opportunity for the FT to connect the dots and cover a crisis spanning New York, London, Dubai, Moscow and Beijing. In this sense, history has come full circle. The City of London may have been diminished by the recent crisis but it remains one of the world’s great financial centres – open to immigrants, innovation and talent. It would be churlish to compare today’s bloggers with the unregulated tipsheets of the late 19th century. But in this – the second wave of globalisation – the premium once again is on accuracy and authority.
The global financial crisis and its implications for western liberal capitalism have again offered an opportunity for the FT to connect the dots and cover a crisis spanning New York, London, Dubai, Moscow and Beijing. In this sense, history has come full circle. The City of London may have been diminished by the recent crisis but it remains one of the world’s great financial centres – open to immigrants, innovation and talent. It would be churlish to compare today’s bloggers with the unregulated tipsheets of the late 19th century. But in this – the second wave of globalisation – the premium once again is on accuracy and authority.
