It all began with a strange email (2012)
The last reported Gross World Product was 74.31 trillion dollars.<p><a href="http://www.indexmundi.com/world/gdp_%28official_exchange_rate%29.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.indexmundi.com/world/gdp_%28official_exchange_rat...</a><p>Current global debt is in excess of 100 trillion dollars.<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-09/global-debt-exceeds-100-trillion-as-governments-binge-bis-says" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-09/global-deb...</a><p>That alone is enough to illustrate the situation. If you must have a cherry on top, worldwide derivatives are likely in excess of 1 quadrillion dollars.<p><a href="http://business.time.com/2013/03/27/why-derivatives-may-be-the-biggest-risk-for-the-global-economy/" rel="nofollow">http://business.time.com/2013/03/27/why-derivatives-may-be-t...</a><p>Regulation is a nice thought.