We have all seen the news and read the papers about all the doom and gloom on the state of the global economy at the moment – but what went so wrong? And, will we ever get out of this mess? Our resident economist Shona Dobbie tries to give you some answers to these questions in a new recording. Rewinding back 5 years Shona gives a detailed explanation of what the sub-prime crisis is, why is has affected the financial markets so much and what this means for the economy.