The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin

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The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin

[January 27,2026|New York]

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Author and veteran financial journalist Paul Vigna sits down with the NYFWA to discuss his new book, The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became…

Author and veteran financial journalist Paul Vigna sits down with the NYFWA to discuss his new book, The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin, which examines how society came to worship money and what we can do to stop greed from destroying everything. Vigna will dive into what prompted him to write the book, the reporting involved and how it all came together. The discussion will be facilitated by journalist and NYFWA member William Freedman.

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Paul Vigna
Managing Editor at American Banker

Paul Vigna
Managing Editor at American Banker
Paul Vigna is a journalist with more than three decades of experience. He is currently the managing editor at American Banker. Before that he was a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, where he covered bitcoin and cryptocurrencies for a decade, and Dow Jones Newswires. He is the author of four books: The Amightier (2025), The Truth Machine (2018), Guts: The Anatomy of The Walking Dead (2017), and The Age of Cryptocurrency (2015).
William Freedman
Freelance Journalist at Various Publications

William Freedman
Freelance Journalist at Various Publications
William Freedman is a financial writer and former securities analyst, IT management consultant, librarian, science fiction author and disc jockey. He lives in Manhattan with his future second wife Renee, serves as a Scoutmaster and is a pillar of the Jewish community of Harlem. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and hates to be called “Bill”.

Event Name: The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin

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Paul Vigna

William Freedman

Event Name:
The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin