Alex Brummer
Alex Brummer is the City Editor of the Daily Mail and author of the acclaimed book The Crunch: How Greed and Incompetence Sparked the Credit Crisis. He previously worked at the Guardian where he was successively Foreign Editor, Financial Editor and Assistant Editor. Widely regarded as one of Britain's top financial journalists, he writes a column on economics for the New Statesman.
Articles by Alex Brummer
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UK Politics
Why the housing bubble finally burst
- 01 May 2008
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Alex Brummer explains that it's the new homes that are the worst hit as housebuilders have stopped building until their are signs of real economic recovery
Economy
How the IMF found a new role
- 17 April 2008
- 1 comment
The International Monetary Fund had few friends and not enough to do. But its prediction of the credit-based crisis finally has people listening
Business
Heads I win, tails you lose
- 03 April 2008
The credit crunch was due to an orgy of reckless lending by the world's banks. But for the people who brought us this mess, it's still bonuses all round
Business
Why the Tesco tax story rankles
- 06 March 2008
- 2 comments
The supermarket group's alleged behaviour has provoked outrage, but hundreds of other British companies are doing exactly the same thing
Politics
Darling in the hall of horrors
- 21 February 2008
- 3 comments
Unflattering comparisons to certain predecessors have dogged the Chancellor's week. He is damaged, writes Alex Brummer, but not necessarily fatally
Books
When money talks
- 21 February 2008
Who Runs Britain? How the Super-Rich Are Changing our Lives Robert Peston Hodder & Stoughton, 360pp, £20
Business
Home-grown problems
- 07 February 2008
- 2 comments
The IMF suggests governments facing more difficult economic times should increase spending. But Britain is a unique case
Economy
The people pay the price
- 24 January 2008
- 5 comments
Combine the foolishness of American banks with the hesitancy of British ministers, and you produce a dangerous mix drawing the UK into a slump
Business
Why leaders love Davos
- 17 January 2008
- 1 comment
From high political office to banking is a well-worn route for Tory grandees. Now Labour is in on the act and Tony Blair will not be the last
Politics
Turbulence ahead
- 03 January 2008
- 1 comment
The global credit crunch has hardly begun to bite: much worse is to come. Alex Brummer predicts that 2008 will present Labour with by far its sternest economic test
