Will it all just blow over or have we broken the world economy for good?

So how bad is it then? Is this the end of capitalism as we know it or just one of capitalism’s periodic upheavals that we have to survive as best we can? And what if anything can and should be done to put things back on track? In this major event on the state of the national and global economy the BBC’s Evan Davis will be at the helm, quizzing eminent economists and leading figures from the worlds of industry and finance about the nature of the mess we’re in and how best to get out of it.