This is an anxiety driven world - the whole world is driven by anxiety. It is anxiety about the aftermath of the global financial crisis; it's anxiety about inequality and about computers replacing jobs.

What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.

Since the global financial crisis and recession of 2007-2009, criticism of the economics profession has intensified. The failure of all but a few professional economists to forecast the episode - the aftereffects of which still linger - has led many to question whether the economics profession contributes anything significant to society.

Managing and navigating through a financial crisis is no fun at all.

There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.

A financial crisis is a great time for professional investors and a horrible time for average ones.