in 2008 malone began commenting on the financial pages of "the guardian"'s website about the credit crunch and the ensuing financial crisis under the pseudonym golem xiv, the name of a military supercomputer in a novel of the same name by the polish science fiction writer stanisław lem. malone became a fierce critic of the bank bailouts arguing that they would lead to massive cuts in public spending. in november 2010 his book about the crisis, "the debt generation", was published in the uk by level press. it had been edited by mark tanner from the different writings he had done in "the guardian"'s comments section, which had totaled 600 pages of material. malone was interviewed about his book by max keiser during episode 114 of the "keiser report", a program that features on russia today. in 2013 he was also interviewed over his book by ross ashcroft on his 'renegade economist' talk show.