I LOVE reading the letters page and the arguments that ensue.

Just before the election a couple of gents caught my attention with their information as regards the ongoing global financial situation.  I have since been in hospital and I would like to thank Robert Black for his recommendation of Planet Ponzi by Mitch Feierstein and Whoops by John Lanchester. I have been able to read both while convalescing which I have thoroughly enjoyed. 

Rarely does the opportunity arise for the layperson to understand the complex political economy of our own country let alone the rest of the world.

I wish the public would be more interested in their political system yet fear for the future, when we did not see our present troubles brewing.

We have been sleepwalking and allowed ourselves to be victims of one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in history.

– S Gilbert, Monmouth.