Paul Mason 
Meltdown 
The End of the Age of Greed

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.

About the author

Paul Mason is a�writer, broadcaster and film-maker.�His books include�Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions, �Live Working Die Fighting�and�Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed.�He has covered globalization and social justice stories from locations around the world, including Greece, Latin America, Africa and China.