Paul Mason
Articles by Paul Mason
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Global Issues
Slumlands — filthy secret of the modern mega-city
- 08 August 2011
- 33 comments
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.
Europe
The feeling on the street is that Greek society is crumbling at the edges
- 27 June 2011
- 1 comment
Paul Mason, economics editor of BBC2’s Newsnight, presents an eyewitness report from Athens.
Ideas
Diss capital
- 06 January 2011
- 42 comments
Karl Marx, in London for a book signing, stumbles off the Eurostar and straight into an interview with Paul Mason at a café in King’s Cross. How does the credit crunch fit with the guru’s theory of crisis?
North America
Workers against Wall Street
- 01 November 2010
- 12 comments
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.
Economy
Beyond the door marked “Austerity”
- 21 May 2010
- 8 comments
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.
Books
Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
- 21 January 2010
- 2 comments
A Nobel Prize-winning American economist and a cynical English novelist agree on one thing – it’s time for capitalism to slow down
Books
Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street
- 03 December 2009
Everything glitters but nothing is gold in this colourful account of the collapse of Lehman Brothers
Global Issues
Thinking the crisis
- 26 March 2009
- 1 comment
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
