Finance and economics is all around us and has always affected our daily lives, regardless of the market sector that we each work in, or the level of responsibility that we enjoy. In these times of extreme economic uncertainty this is truer than ever. Think about it. When was the last time you turned on the news and did not hear about the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and across the world, the rising cost of Spanish bonds, the imminent default of Greece, debt to GDP ratios or further European fiscal Union?