The reason mason gives is his desire to work for a while. Paul mason was the awardwinning economics editor of channel 4 news. A radical defence of the human being explores the moral, political and economic challenges posed by the current crisis of democracy and the coming challenge of intelligent machines. Unless, paul mason argues, we take advantage of the technological revolution we are living through and create a postcapitalist sharing society. However, what makes this book refreshingly different is the tangible picture it paints of our possible path to a postcapitalist world. The basic theme of the book is that capitalism in its current form, neoliberalism, has exhausted itself. A guide to our future adds another compelling voice to this increasingly hardtoignore din. Paul mason is not an economist by training, and it shows.
He has previously published a number of books, among them why its kicking off everywhere. Jul 30, 2015 from paul mason, the awardwinning channel 4 presenter, postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change, and how we can build a more equal society. The end of capitalism postcapitalism by paul mason 7. Paul mason is a journalist, writer, filmmaker and public speaker. Mason, now the 55yearold economics editor of channel 4, is a. A guide to our future, by paul mason, allen lane, rrp. In 2015, according to paul mason the rise of income inequality, repeating cycles of boom and bust and capitalisms contributions to climate change has led economists, political thinkers and philosophers to begin to seriously consider how a postcapitalistic society would look and function.
The end of the age of greed and why its kicking off everywhere. Paul mason has a breathless piece in the guardian making grand new economy claims that sound like recycled propaganda from the late 1990s though he gives them a left spin. Paul mason isnt a goodreads author, but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed. I wrote a book that was in large part about all that ideological froth, published in 2003, and so far ive been struck by the nonrevival of that discourse despite a new tech. Postcapitalism is a state in which the economic systems of the world can no longer be described as forms of capitalism. In his urgent and cleareyed new book, postcapitalism. Paul mason joined us in london to talk about his book postcapitalism. Oct 27, 2015 postcapitalism paul mason andrew burgess october 27, 2015 what were reading this book, by the guardians economics editor paul mason, first appealed to me because it offered a new postcapitalist economic model where technology and automation are the primary drivers of change. Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone continual change economic cycles that lurch from the most important book about our economy and society to be published. Various individuals and political ideologies have speculated on what would define such a world. New york, 2015 is a challenging, sometimes obscure, sometimes brilliant, eminently worthwhile read, and an optimistic take that the left might, once. Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era.
Hes also the economics editor of britains channel 4 television news, and a. Paul mason my article in the guardian on the oecds 2060. Paul mason is a writer and broadcaster on economics and social justice. Capitalism is dead paul mason for guardian membership. He also writes for news outlets including the guardian and the new statesman. In a short space of time i can only outline the basics because for this audience of radical, networked people in. The nonvirtual elephant in paul masons postcapitalist sharing. Paul mason continues his sketch of a postcapitalist world by drawing out its implications for something in increasingly short supplytime. He was culture and digital editor of channel 4 news, becoming the programmes economics editor on 1 june 2014, a post he formerly held on bbc twos newsnight programme. In the wake of the financial crisis and with the rapid rise of new technologies, awardwinning economist and journalist, paul mason, believes we. The end of the age of greed 2019 and why its kicking off everywhere. He argues that the digital revolution has the potential to reshape utterly our familiar notions of work, production and value. The latest old leftist to write a book on the end of capitalism is somebody i had never heard of. The end of the age of greed and why it s kicking off everywhere.
Paul mason will be asking whether capitalism has had its day at a soldout guardian live event on 22 july. A guide to our future 2015 an economy based on information, with its tendency to zerocost products and weak property rights, cannot be a capitalist economy. Much has been written about how automation, robots and ai will decimate the world of work, so a book on how these technologies were. He recently announced he would be leaving the show to further his political campaigning, spreading word of the coming post capitalist economy. Mar 03, 2016 paul mason joined us in london to talk about his book postcapitalism. Oct 30, 2015 paul mason, economics editor at channel 4 news, will speak on his book postcapitalism. According to some classical marxist and some social evolutionary theories, postcapitalist societies may come about as a result of spontaneous evolution as capitalism becomes obsolete. Sep 15, 2015 economist paul mason s blockbuster manifesto postcapitalism suggests that markets just cant organize products whose major input isnt labor or material, but information, and that means that, for. The end of the age of greed, and why its kicking off everywhere.
The end of capitalism has begun books the guardian. He was culture and digital editor of channel 4 news, becoming the programmes economics editor on 1 june 2014, a post he formerly held on bbc two s newsnight programme. From paul mason, the awardwinning channel 4 presenter, postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change, and how we can build a more equal society. An extract from his book postcapitalism, published in the guardian, has been viewed over 2 million times in less than a week, and shared over 317,000 times on social. Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone continual change economic cycles that lurch from boom to bust and has always emerged transformed and strengthened. He writes for the guardian and the new statesman, among others. Paul joined us often from the frontlines of the antiausterity rebellions in europe and the middle east after the financial crash of 2008. Paul mason born 23 january 1960 is a british commentator and radio personality.
Toby melvillereuters paul mason is the author of postcapitalism. A guide to our future is a 2015 book by british journalist and writer paul mason. Capitalism emerged in the interstices of feudalism and paul mason finds a prefiguring of postcapitalism in the lifeworld of the contemporary european city. On page one of postcapitalism, paul mason says, in an aside, i knew, in addition to all this, that i didnt like capitalism. Mason defines neoliberalism as a highly financialised capitalism, where fiat money and creditdebt purvey most aspects of everyday life such as mortgages, payday loans etc. Based on evidence from america, moldova and greece, mason argues that neoliberalism a political system he would say is designed to undermine the welfare state and the working class has. Economist paul masons blockbuster manifesto postcapitalism suggests that markets just cant organize products whose major input isnt labor or. Feb 09, 2016 paul mason was the awardwinning economics editor of channel 4 news. Review even readers not quite persuaded will appreciate masons readable, reportorial style, his use of a wide range of economists, business gurus, and economic thinkers to. A guide to our future by paul mason, allen lane, 2015 david parker e arlier this year, paul mason left his position as economics editor of channel 4 news in the uk to go freelance.
His future vision fuses artificial intelligence, automation, environmental problems, and wonky strategies to cure our global economic mess. Over the last three years, much of what the guardian holds dear has. Toby melvillereuterspaul mason is the author of postcapitalism. A guide to our future, the economics editor of britains channel 4 television news and a regular contributor to the guardian and. He writes for the guardian and the new statesman, among other publications. Postcapitalism is expected to be made possible with. The streets are full of young people and not just studentssitting, sipping drinks, gazing more at laptops than into each others eyes, talking quietly. I started work on the postcapitalism hypothesis out of frustration with shortterm explanations for the global downturn after 2008. Paul mason is the economics editor of channel 4 news. Paul mason is currently the economics editor at the innovative british television news show channel 4 news on channel 4. Paul mason, economics editor at channel 4 news, will speak on his book postcapitalism. Mason is an experienced british writer and tv news editor covering economics and public policy. Paul mason born 23 january 1960 is an english journalist and broadcaster.
In the book, mason discusses the existential threat posed to capitalism by the digital revolution. In many ways inventing the future can be seen as its. A guide to our future, paul mason argues that we are on the verge of a profound change to how we do business and function as societies. Covid 19 with frank barat, on the eurozone and austerity view more on paul masons website.
This book, by the guardians economics editor paul mason, first appealed to me because it offered a new postcapitalist economic model where technology and automation are the primary drivers of change. He is the author of several books, and a visiting professor at the university of wolverhampton. My article in the guardian on the oecds 2060 economic projections. Paul mason is the awardwinning economics editor of channel 4 news london. Capitalism is failing, and its time to panic paul mason comment. Paul mason s vision of a postcapitalist world is rooted in a dated ideology and short on specifics chris mullin mon 3 aug 2015 01. To launch it, the guardian, that aging warhorse of british leftism. Let us know your thoughts beforehand at membership. David runciman, the guardian ecological crisis signals the death knell for an economic system that was already profoundly failing us, as paul mason mercilessly illustrates in these pages.
The nonvirtual elephant in paul masons postcapitalist sharingeconomy room. The new global revolutions gildart jacksons acting credits span the stage and screen. Paul mason is a leading british economic journalist, currently a columnist for the guardian. Oct 22, 2015 presented by manchester literature festival, in partnership with guardian live. Theres no more exciting or important story to report on says paul mason economics editor at channel four news in the uk. Paul masons vision of a postcapitalist world is rooted in a dated ideology and short on specifics. Oct 07, 2016 francesca bria, renata avila, paul mason and evgeny morozov at bits launch. Im puzzled about paul masons postcapitalist protoutopia welcome to. Feb 21, 2017 paul mason was the awardwinning economics editor of channel 4 news. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read postcapitalism.