The sudden and dramatic collapse of Baring's bank (and the role played by a lone 'rogue trader' in bringing this about) illustrates-on a relatively small scale- the extreme vulnerability of the contemporary financial system to unexpected and even apparently irrational, acts. Actions inducing the sudden disruption of trading or financial systems, can have unpredictable consequences in world increasing conneted through global markets and transnational corporations.rnThese acts may be those of a criminal, or derive merely from "human error', or they might be the result of the prosecution of a policy of deliberate sabotage or subversion as part of direct military action. Whatever their origin, their potential destructiveness to the smooth operation of international markets and economic systems cannot be doubted.
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