What happens when the money runs out?

• By Iain Macwhirter
• 09 October

Banks need the confidence of the public to survive and they have lost it for years to come. The danger is that if governments take on their role, they too will lose the trust of the people

Waiting for the crash

• By Paul Mason
• 12 March

Observations on world economy

Tackling the real crisis

• By Phil Bloomer
• 10 October

In a week dominated by the growing global financial crisis, a couple of potential tipping points in the climate change debate have passed almost unnoticed

Getting things right is not a luxury

• By Brian Cathcart
• 18 September

In sacking most of its sub-editors, Express Newspapers is making a classic error. The job these people do is not an optional extra or an anachronism; it is integral

Accidental heroine

By Robin Stummer

Gerda Taro was a fearless, pioneering chronicler of the Spanish Civil War. Robin Stummer uncovers evidence to suggest that her unflinching pictures led to her murder

The Booker's Big Bang

By John Sutherland

The Booker Prize, which will be awarded on 14 October, is 40 years old, but it wasn't always the 600lb gorilla of literary prizes. John Sutherland recalls how a demure award came to embrace the values of the Thatcherite Eighties