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Slumlands � filthy secret of the modern mega-city

Paul Mason — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Across the world, slums are home to a billion people. The rich elite want the shanty towns cleared, but residents are surprisingly determined not to leave.

The feeling on the street is that Greek society is crumbling at the edges

Paul Mason — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Mason, economics editor of BBC2�s Newsnight, presents an eyewitness report from Athens.

Fight Back! A Reader on the Winter of Protest

Paul Mason — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:31:58 GMT

Diss capital

Paul Mason — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:00:02 GMT

Karl Marx, in London for a book signing, stumbles off the Eurostar and straight into an interview with Paul Mason at a caf� in King�s Cross. How does the credit crunch fit with the guru�s theory of crisis?

Workers against Wall Street

Paul Mason — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:14:35 GMT

President Obama�s �shock and awe� statism is failing. On the eve of the midterm elections, the US economy remains in a critical condition � and the people are growing ever more restless.

Them and Us: Changing Britain � Why We Need a Fair Society

Paul Mason — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:17:06 GMT

Beyond the door marked �Austerity�

Paul Mason — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:08:49 GMT

Europe has become the weak link in the global economy. In the next phase of the world economic crisis, the euro will either consolidate or collapse. And with it, we face the looming prospect of social unrest.

Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy

Paul Mason — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:37:49 GMT

A Nobel Prize-winning American economist and a cynical English novelist agree on one thing � it�s time for capitalism to slow down

Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street

Paul Mason — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:20:03 GMT

Everything glitters but nothing is gold in this colourful account of the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Thinking the crisis

Paul Mason — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:11:38 GMT

�The G20 is in danger of becoming wrapped up in a futile argument between fiscal stimulators and re-regulationists. Like a fight between a shark and a lion, it is a conflict without any logical outcome and a terrible slump looms