Paul Vigna
@paulvigna.bsky.social
Maker of high-quality background props for video calls. My latest is "The Almightier." https://www.amazon.com/Almightier-Money-Became-Greed-Virtue/dp/1250343283/
Contact: pvignawriting@gmail.com
Contact: pvignawriting@gmail.com
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Paul Vigna
@paulvigna.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Pub Day!
My new book The Almightier is out today and is already the top new release in Amazon’s money section.
It’s a history of money from a unique angle: how money came from religion, how money broke free of religion, and how money eventually became its own religion.
That’s a timely story.
My new book The Almightier is out today and is already the top new release in Amazon’s money section.
It’s a history of money from a unique angle: how money came from religion, how money broke free of religion, and how money eventually became its own religion.
That’s a timely story.
Man, it takes stones to just say this publicly.
The casual way this techbro talks about the "error-prone" products they are throwing out into the world, the necessity for the consumer to accept, train for, and correct for these, and the impending economic chaos wrought by the frenzy they are creating as though it's normal and natural: holy hell.
Don’t blindly trust everything AI tools say, warns Alphabet boss
Sundar Pichai says artificial intelligence models are ‘prone to some errors’ and warns of impact if AI bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Man, it takes stones to just say this publicly.
The Giants need to be leading by 40 heading into the fourth quarter just to have a chance.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Giants need to be leading by 40 heading into the fourth quarter just to have a chance.
Well that’s a relief. I legit worried he’d say something worse.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Republicans' healthcare plan: "The plan is to come up with something better."
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Well that’s a relief. I legit worried he’d say something worse.
Somebody should do a separate interview with Jeffries' spine. Assuming it can be found.
WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social asks Rep. Hakeem Jeffries who he plans to vote for in the NYC mayoral election.
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Somebody should do a separate interview with Jeffries' spine. Assuming it can be found.
I may be a little late to the party, but I think it's time for us to start holding our elected officials to a higher standard.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I may be a little late to the party, but I think it's time for us to start holding our elected officials to a higher standard.
Compound interest was a problem 5,000 years ago and it's a problem today. The difference is that 5,000 years ago they found a workaround.
open.substack.com/pub/paulvign...
open.substack.com/pub/paulvign...
What do Gen X'ers and ancient Mesopotamians have in common? Compound interest
Paying interest on interest has been a constant since the days of Uruk
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Compound interest was a problem 5,000 years ago and it's a problem today. The difference is that 5,000 years ago they found a workaround.
open.substack.com/pub/paulvign...
open.substack.com/pub/paulvign...
How did we get from "greed is the root of all evil" to "greed is good"? Sat down with
@Ritholtz
to talk about the gentrification of greed on the At The Money podcast.
This was a fun one.
ritholtz.com/2025/09/atm-...
@Ritholtz
to talk about the gentrification of greed on the At The Money podcast.
This was a fun one.
ritholtz.com/2025/09/atm-...
ATM: Paul Vigna: How Greed Became a Virtue - The Big Picture
At The Money: How Greed Became a Virtue. (September 24, 2025) It’s a driving factor in our lives. But how often have you thought about those little green pieces of paper in your wallet? Is money real,...
ritholtz.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
How did we get from "greed is the root of all evil" to "greed is good"? Sat down with
@Ritholtz
to talk about the gentrification of greed on the At The Money podcast.
This was a fun one.
ritholtz.com/2025/09/atm-...
@Ritholtz
to talk about the gentrification of greed on the At The Money podcast.
This was a fun one.
ritholtz.com/2025/09/atm-...
Kind of amazed that this is on right now.
September 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Kind of amazed that this is on right now.
Tonight at 7:15 pm, C-SPAN2’s Book-TV is broadcasting my July talk with Ben Wallace about my new book, The Almightier.
Binge the National Book Festival all day, explore the mysteries of The Almightier tonight.
Binge the National Book Festival all day, explore the mysteries of The Almightier tonight.
September 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Tonight at 7:15 pm, C-SPAN2’s Book-TV is broadcasting my July talk with Ben Wallace about my new book, The Almightier.
Binge the National Book Festival all day, explore the mysteries of The Almightier tonight.
Binge the National Book Festival all day, explore the mysteries of The Almightier tonight.
Anthropic is going to end up paying $3,000 per book when it could've paid $26 (or less!) per if it had just bought them.
"Anthropic could have purchased the books from many sellers, the judge said, but instead preferred to 'steal' them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
"Anthropic could have purchased the books from many sellers, the judge said, but instead preferred to 'steal' them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Anthropic is going to end up paying $3,000 per book when it could've paid $26 (or less!) per if it had just bought them.
"Anthropic could have purchased the books from many sellers, the judge said, but instead preferred to 'steal' them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
"Anthropic could have purchased the books from many sellers, the judge said, but instead preferred to 'steal' them."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Sat down with Osi Atikpoh on his A Song Called Life podcast to talk about the world's most widely practice religion: money.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode #245: Paul Vigna
Podcast Episode · A Song Called Life · 09/02/2025 · 1h 16m
podcasts.apple.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sat down with Osi Atikpoh on his A Song Called Life podcast to talk about the world's most widely practice religion: money.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Set your DVR. I’ll be on C-SPAN’s Book-TV, Saturday at 7:15 pm (after a full day of the National Book Festival). They taped me in July talking about my new book, The Almightier.
September 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Set your DVR. I’ll be on C-SPAN’s Book-TV, Saturday at 7:15 pm (after a full day of the National Book Festival). They taped me in July talking about my new book, The Almightier.
You don't get to be a jerk your whole life and then recant two hours before you die and all's forgiven.
paulvigna.substack.com/p/the-death-...
paulvigna.substack.com/p/the-death-...
'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' goes too easy on Ivan Ilyich
You can't erase a lifetime of abhorrence in the last two hours of your life just by realizing you were abhorrent
paulvigna.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
You don't get to be a jerk your whole life and then recant two hours before you die and all's forgiven.
paulvigna.substack.com/p/the-death-...
paulvigna.substack.com/p/the-death-...
"Greatest coach in NFL history can't get a job and goes to college program with his 23-year old girlfriend" works much better as a screwball comedy than it does as reality.
I don't think Belichick's gonna be in North Carolina very long.
I don't think Belichick's gonna be in North Carolina very long.
September 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Greatest coach in NFL history can't get a job and goes to college program with his 23-year old girlfriend" works much better as a screwball comedy than it does as reality.
I don't think Belichick's gonna be in North Carolina very long.
I don't think Belichick's gonna be in North Carolina very long.
Sat down with KDKR Radio in Dallas, a Christian-talkshow station, yesterday to talk about money, greed, and The Almightier.
Podcast version here, Prudent Money with Bob Brooks: bobbrooksprudentmoney.podbean.com/e/how-money-...
Podcast version here, Prudent Money with Bob Brooks: bobbrooksprudentmoney.podbean.com/e/how-money-...
How Money Became God | Bob Brooks Prudent Money Podcast
Bob interviews Paul Vigna, author of The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin.
bobbrooksprudentmoney.podbean.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sat down with KDKR Radio in Dallas, a Christian-talkshow station, yesterday to talk about money, greed, and The Almightier.
Podcast version here, Prudent Money with Bob Brooks: bobbrooksprudentmoney.podbean.com/e/how-money-...
Podcast version here, Prudent Money with Bob Brooks: bobbrooksprudentmoney.podbean.com/e/how-money-...
Tom Clancy's Petals of Blood
Tom Clancy's Anna Karenina
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's The Feminine Mystique
Tom Clancy's The Feminine Mystique
August 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tom Clancy's Petals of Blood
We are well past the time to examine our misconceptions about money and the whole economic system built on top of it.
"The Almightier" is the featured Book of the Day over at the Malcolm Gladwell's Next Big Idea Book Club:
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/money-isnt...
"The Almightier" is the featured Book of the Day over at the Malcolm Gladwell's Next Big Idea Book Club:
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/money-isnt...
Money Isn’t Real—Here’s Why That Matters
The strange history of money reveals how religion, debt, and greed shaped our modern economy—and why the system is failing us.
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We are well past the time to examine our misconceptions about money and the whole economic system built on top of it.
"The Almightier" is the featured Book of the Day over at the Malcolm Gladwell's Next Big Idea Book Club:
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/money-isnt...
"The Almightier" is the featured Book of the Day over at the Malcolm Gladwell's Next Big Idea Book Club:
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/money-isnt...
One day I decided to drive to work obeying all the local speed limits (mix of local roads, state highway and interstate) just to see how much longer it took me.
It took me only a couple of minutes longer. I got to work at essentially the same time.
It took me only a couple of minutes longer. I got to work at essentially the same time.
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
August 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One day I decided to drive to work obeying all the local speed limits (mix of local roads, state highway and interstate) just to see how much longer it took me.
It took me only a couple of minutes longer. I got to work at essentially the same time.
It took me only a couple of minutes longer. I got to work at essentially the same time.
"Money is a product of religion" and most of our problems today stem from that single fact, a fact that virtually nobody recognizes.
I sat down with @ritholtz.bsky.social for his At The Money podcast to talk about money, its history and its effect on modern life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGP...
I sat down with @ritholtz.bsky.social for his At The Money podcast to talk about money, its history and its effect on modern life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGP...
Paul Vigna explains "What is Money?" | At the Money
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
www.youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Money is a product of religion" and most of our problems today stem from that single fact, a fact that virtually nobody recognizes.
I sat down with @ritholtz.bsky.social for his At The Money podcast to talk about money, its history and its effect on modern life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGP...
I sat down with @ritholtz.bsky.social for his At The Money podcast to talk about money, its history and its effect on modern life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGP...
This made me laugh.
New Death With Indignity Law Lets Terminally Ill Be Crushed By Falling Vending Machines theonion.com/new-dea...
August 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This made me laugh.
Money's origins go back to ancient Mesopotamian temples. Money was a product of religion, and that history still colors how we see and use money today. That and more in my interview with the New Books Network podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-almightier
newbooksnetwork.com/the-almightier
Paul Vigna, "The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin" (St. Martin's Press, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Money's origins go back to ancient Mesopotamian temples. Money was a product of religion, and that history still colors how we see and use money today. That and more in my interview with the New Books Network podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/the-almightier
newbooksnetwork.com/the-almightier
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August 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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