My name is Tony and I live in the UK in south Manchester. I have always had an interest in economics however, I started to become very concerned with the western global economies back in 2005. I started writing economic notices in early 2008 following discussions with a fellow flying instructor Steve. He was the eternal optimist and believe that the Government would always find a solution to our economic problems. We had many discussions about the UK economy, but Steve always felt positive despite the truly awful fundamentals. I circulated my economic notices to my friends and it actually did surprise me that they found them interesting. Indeed it was my friends that suggested that I start a you tube channel to provide my insight to the financial problems we face. My first animated cartoon was produced on 21 November 2011. It was an animated cartoon of Steve and I discussing credit default swaps. Since then I have introduced more characters, and even do the odd appearance myself.