its own right), two readable essays. Ian Fletcher, 'The global economy bubble equilibrium' http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue44/Fletcher44.pdf Federic Lordon, 'High finance - a game of risk: subprimes, ninja loans, = derivatives and other financial fantasies' http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue44/Lordon44.pdf Paula