Paul Mason: ‘Economics has become about people and their troubles’
Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason talks to Carole Cadwalladr about global revolution, his musical past and the girl biker gang in his first novel
China banks on bloody blockbuster to win friends … and Oscars
State partially funds Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War – starring Christian Bale and set during 1937 Rape of Nanking – to boost nation's film industry
Overachievers: what it takes to be a bright young thing
Ten of the brightest and best tell their stories – from the first novel optioned at 26 to being head-hunted by Donatella Versace at 24
What are your austerity busting recipes?
Open thread: A Greek cookbook entitled Starvation Recipes has proved hugely successful. Tell us your culinary belt-tightening tips
Small is beautiful – an economic idea that has sadly been forgotten
Madeleine Bunting: The Big Ideas: It is chilling that so many thinkers, politicians and academics have signed up to the deadening consensus of globalisation
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour by Michael Lewis – review
From the anal Germans to feuding Greeks, Michael Lewis finds blame for Europe's credit crisis in national characteristics, writes Andrew Anthony
WH Smith launches ‘Kindle killer’
Newsagent does deal with Canada's Kobo to sell e-readers and library of ebooks and reports 4% rise in profits to £93m
Steve Jobs authorised biography tops bestseller list on pre-orders
Apple chief was 'curled up in pain' for last meeting with biographer Walter Isaacson, for book to be rushed into print
Kate Swann | No 7
The CEO has overseen a cost-cutting reorientation of WH Smith, which has taken over Waterstone's spot in Harrods
Garry Blackman and Rachel Harcourt | No 12
Like 'radio DJs' of literature, the decisions of these two Tesco book buyers reflect sales charts but also shape them
Alistair Darling and David Miliband had secret meetings to oust Brown
The former chancellor faced interference from the then PM, who wished to play down the economic risk from the banking crisis
Give bricks-and-mortar bookselling a future
Nik Górecki: Faced with the Amazon juggernaut and high rents, bookshops are battling to survive. 'Use them or lose them' is the message
Robert Oakeshott obituary
Champion of the employee-ownership model for businesses
Public jury campaign launched to take power away from UK’s ‘feral’ elite
Expenses, bonuses and hacking crises share origins, says campaign group that includes Greg Dyke and Philip Pullman
How Harry Potter’s Hermione suffered a very Hollywood fate
Sarah-Jane Stratford: As Hermione Granger grew up, her bookish, brainy persona was reduced to being more sexy, less threatening – and less magical