{"product_id":"meltdown-isbn-9781844676538","title":"Meltdown","description":"\u003ci\u003eMeltdown\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBBC Newsnight\u003c\/i\u003e 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.“A page-turning account ... Mason is refreshingly clear-eyed—and angry.”—Will Hutton, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Excellent.”—\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What people need is a reliable guide to the financial crisis ... \u003ci\u003eMeltdown\u003c\/i\u003e is the book they are looking for.”—John Gray, \u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lucid and sharply polemical account.”—Oliver Kamm, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e [London]\u003cb\u003ePaul Mason\u003c\/b\u003e is the economics editor of the BBC’s flagship current affairsprogram \u003ci\u003eNewsnight\u003c\/i\u003e and appears frequently on \u003ci\u003eBBC World News America\u003c\/i\u003e.He has covered globalization and social justice stories from locations aroundthe world, including Latin America, Africa and China. His book \u003ci\u003eLive Working,Die Fighting\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301521543397,"sku":"NP9781844676538","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844676538.jpg?v=1767732534","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/meltdown-isbn-9781844676538","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}