The deception is in the numbers.....what's really happening is that non-viable corporations are raiding peoples pensions , and giving it to themselves in the form of stock buy backs.......it's no different to bailing out the failed banks with public money - it's a scam- it creates zombie corporations that are dragging the economy down. No GFC problems were solved , just shelved for a while with public money.....the problems are all still their , and getting worse.