"The people of the world have watched with shock and disbelief as some global financial structures have disolved in panic, and bastions of the investment and banking industry have collapsed and disappeared. They have wondered as the world's political leaders have been forced to commit vast amounts of taxpayers' money, in an effort to bolster and stabilise banks and stock markets that have been shaken to their very core by corporate greed and profit-driven mismanagement. They now fear what the effects of all this will be on the real economy.