In 2008, we came to question what the ‘experts’ really know about the economy of this country and rapidly realised that they didn't have a clue, as we were plunged into the depths of a recession which seemed to be as much of a surprise to them as it was to us.
Businesses wiped out, balance sheets slaughtered and the occasional corporate suicide was the price we paid, and we are still not back to the level of growth and success that we had eight years ago.