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The same cannot be said of Paul Mason. He spent the late 2010s promoting a post-class leftism, arguing that: “Networked technology, combined with high levels of education and personal freedom have ...
Paul Mason, in his recent article on Syria, is right to criticise pro-Assad social media influencers like “Partisan Girl” and Richard Medhurst. He is wrong to blame “Leninism” for their politics.
In doing so, we distance ourselves from those analyses of geopolitics that, through the Ukraine War, make the case for expanding the permanent arms economy of military spending (such as Paul Mason).
Measuring the modern economy against the predictions of John Maynard Keynes’ landmark 1930 essay, Paul Mason explores the promises of Keynes’ vision and the reasons why reality has fallen short. This ...
Flickr/ButchLebo , CC BY 2.0 Paul Mason’s recent book Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future is undoubtedly a brilliant, thoughtful and provocative take on the contemporary state of capitalism.
But with the sclerotic, stagnant, defibrillating capitalism we’ve had post-2008, there’s not a chance on earth that it’ll survive the shocks. Even if I’m wrong about the transition I both see and ...
Paul Sweezy (R) and Paul Baran (L) coauthored Monopoly Capital, published in 1966. (Monthly Review Press) Our summer issue examines the role of speculation in contemporary capitalism. Click here to ...
Paul Mason is the most high-profile political spokesman championing demonstrations called by the UK’s Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and other groups protesting Russia’s invasion. The protests ...