Our political and economic leaders love to tell us how 'Everything is Under Control'. Hundreds of thousands are living in poverty and are facing crises of daily existence. Our economy is based on algorithms and ticker tape that can suddenly falter with millions of dollars and jobs lost overnight. Abroad, we take comfort in spending billions on defence to prepare for absurd doomsday scenarios. This reality is almost laughable.

What is truly under control? And what mechanisms and issues has this desire for control then brought us?