Adding to the ways in which we can help the countries of the Sounth, ‘travel not Aid’ seemed a good new slogan. But in a globalised world, does the reality live up to the intentions?

The US financial rot spread, causing a global economic crisis with catastrophic results: no jobs, millions of property owners bankrupt, waning social security. That was five years ago. Now it is quite possible that the next incumbent of the White House may be Willard Mitt Romney, who owes his immense fortune to financial speculation, delocalisation of jobs and tax havens in the Cayman Islands.