There is currently a huge financial crisis hitting every country in the world, and it’s been coming for a couple of years, with many people warning it was on its way.

The US financial market and government seemed to bury their heads in the sand until it was almost too late and are only now trying to rescue the economy.

This sketch by British comedians, John Bird and John Fortune, takes a satirical look at how the investment banking system operates.

The whole system doesn’t exactly come out of this sketch looking rosy but then these are the people we have all trusted with our money. And look where that has got us.