Mosquito Ridge

Steel crisis: they do not give a shit

You’re about to get a textbook lesson in neoliberalism

There’s a meme that keeps resurfacing in the genteel world of rightwing financial thought: that the term “neoliberalism” is in some way just a term…

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Paul MasonMar 182 min read

Scratch. One. Tory.

“I am unable to watch passively whilst certain policies are enacted in order to meet the fiscal self-imposed restraints that I believe are more and more perceived as distinctly political rather than in the national economic interest,” Iain Duncan Smith, former UK Welfare Secretary

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Paul MasonApr 73 min read

Britain’s zombie government

Duncan Smith, Osborne, Javid and now Cameron — victims of an economic…

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Paul MasonApr 23 min read

IMF plots new “credit event” for Greece

Neoliberalism does not give a shit, Part II

The International Monetary Fund has been caught, red handed, plotting to stage a “credit event” that forces Greece to the edge of bankruptcy, using the pretext of…

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Paul MasonMar 2013 min read

From Adam Smith to Duncan Smith

My keynote at GEF2016

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Paul MasonMar 192 min read

IMF’s criminal neglect on Greece

Critical talks between Greece, Europe and the IMF are on the verge of breakdown.

I understand the IMF is insisting Greece abolishes a tax allowance aimed at the poorest people, and wants instead a lower tax free allowance to apply to all Greeks…

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Paul MasonApr 58 min read

A new defence doctrine for Labour

Keep Trident. End expeditionary warfare

In this essay and video I’ve tried to outline what a radical left Labour government in the UK should do about defence and national security.

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Paul MasonMar 22 min read

Mickeygate — the truth!

Yesterday the British chancellor George Osborne accused me — from the front bench and under parliamentary privilege — of being a “revolutionary Marxist”. Various media have reported that I am “advising” the Labour Party. Neither of these claims is true.

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Paul MasonFeb 272 min read

Why I’m going freelance…

I’m leaving Channel 4 to go freelance as a reporter, film-maker and writer. Don’t worry: I haven’t been sacked. I…

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Paul MasonMar 104 min read

ECB needs a monetary policy for the people

The ECB’s decision today — to boost quantitative easing and cut interest rates — is welcome, but not enough. It is hiking the amount of debt it buys each month from $60bn to $80bn, will buy some corporate bonds, and will even start lending to banks at…

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