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information technology, ties between big business and government, to the =
rise of the shadow banking system, Mason explores the complex web of =
factors that ushered in a new era of finance that is now poised to =
self-destruct.=20

Mason argues that the combination of huge government debts and printing =
new money - though it alleviated the symptoms of the crisis - has the =
potential to make the disease afflicting capitalism chronic for a =
lifetime. He warns that the 2009 recession has the ability to cause =
further bank collapses, country-level debt defaults, stock market =
crashes and intensified recession.=20

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Both, a trenchant critique of neo-liberalism and a response to the =
immense challenge now facing the existing economic system, MELTDOWN =
provides a definitive account of the meltdown of September and October =
2008 and outlines a new era of hyper regulated capitalism that could =
emerge from the wreckage.

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PAUL MASON will be talking about the ongoing financial crisis at several =
venues in the UK. See below for details:

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23rd April at the Frontline Club (London), for details visit =
http://frontlineclub.com/events/2009/04/insight-with-paul-mason-financial=
-meltdown-and-the-end-of-the-age-of-greed.html

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27th April at the University of Sheffield (Sheffield), for details visit =
http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/theexchange/

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7th May at Stratford Circus (London), for details visit =
http://www.stratford-circus.com/events/literature/paulmason.htm

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12th May at Southbank Centre (London), for details visit =
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/literature-spoken-word/productions/the-c=
redit-crunch-45689

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ISBN 9781844673964  /  =A37.99  /  $14.95  /  Paperback Original /  192 =
pages

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For more information visit:

http://www.versobooks.com/books/klm/m-titles/mason_paul_meltdown.shtml

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To buy the book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Meltdown-End-Greed-Paul-Mason/dp/1844673960/ref=3D=
sr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239979255&sr=3D8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Meltdown-End-Greed-Paul-Mason/dp/1844673960/ref=3Ds=
r_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dbooks&qid=3D1239979391&sr=3D8-1

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