So what are banks for exactly? Not to create global turmoil and drain the public purse, surely!

Come to think of it, what's money for? Or houses? Or credit? Or taxation? Or the economy? Or the environment?

With the global economic system in meltdown, the once booming chorus of "Let the Market Decide" is pretty ragged and unconvincing these days. And a good job too.

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