Alex Brummer
Alex Brummer is the City Editor of the Daily Mail and author of the acclaimed book The Crunch: How Greed and Incompetence Sparked the Credit Crisis. He previously worked at the Guardian where he was successively Foreign Editor, Financial Editor and Assistant Editor. Widely regarded as one of Britain's top financial journalists, he writes a column on economics for the New Statesman.
Articles by Alex Brummer
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Economy
The national interest
- 21 May 2009
With France’s dirigiste economic approach being hailed as a model for the world, state intervention is fashionable once more
Economy
The strangest bank of all
- 23 April 2009
Barclays first defied the Treasury by refusing to take its money. Now it won’t join the Chancellor’s insurance plan. But why not?
Economy
No stardust left to sprinkle
- 16 April 2009
- 1 comment
With falling tax revenues and soaring public spending, the outlook for this year’s Budget is bleak
Society
It wasn’t the media’s fault
- 12 February 2009
- 3 comments
Observations on the financial crisis
Economy
Mr Brown's bankers
- 22 January 2009
- 25 comments
The increasingly close relationship between banks and government pleases no one. But neither side can break free until toxic loans are flushed out of the system and the big institutions can start lending again.
Business
High street shake-out
- 04 December 2008
- 3 comments
Woolworths has gone, many other famous stores will disappear, but a new age of shopping will emerge from the wreckage
Economy
The Fund is back in town
- 23 October 2008
- 4 comments
The tough remedies of the IMF won it few friends and, in recent years, countries have found more obliging lenders. But now "the bank of last resort" is back - with its austerity packages.
UK Politics
Cameron's Achilles' heel
- 25 September 2008
- 14 comments
Can the Conservatives handle the economy? The current opposition front bench is the least financially savvy for a generation
Economy
Labour must take on the bankers
- 18 September 2008
- 7 comments
In the worst catastrophe since the late 1920s, Brown and Darling have shown themselves to be cowardly compared to the Americans
Economy
Wanted: substance and coherence
- 04 September 2008
The trick for Brown and Darling would be to deliver an old-fashioned autumn statement to lift consumer spirits and boost political confidence
