A page-turning account ... Mason is refreshingly clear-eyed-and angry.

- Will Hutton, The Guardian

Excellent.

Evening Standard

What people need is a reliable guide to the financial crisis ... <i>Meltdown</i> is the book they are looking for.

- John Gray, The New Statesman

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A lucid and sharply polemical account.

- Oliver Kamm, The Times [London]

Meltdown is the gripping account of the financial collapse that destroyed the West's investment banks, brought the global economy to its knees, and undermined three decades of neoliberal orthodoxy. Covering the development of the crisis from the economic front line, BBC Newsnight journalist Paul Mason explores the roots of the US and UK's financial hubris, documenting the real-world causes and consequences from the Ford factory, to Wall Street, to the City of London. In this fully updated new edition, he recounts how the credit crunch became a full-blown financial crisis, and explores its impact on capitalist ideology and politics in our new age of austerity.
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Fully updated new edition of an acclaimed report on the global financial crisis.
A fully updated new edition of an acclaimed report on the global financial crisis

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844676538
Publisert
2010-11-08
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
311 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Biographical note

Paul Mason is the economics editor of the BBC's flagship current affairsprogram Newsnight and appears frequently on BBC World News America.He has covered globalization and social justice stories from locations aroundthe world, including Latin America, Africa and China. His book Live Working,Die Fighting was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.