I&#x27;m pretty much convinced that (as someone with an actual academic background in economics) that most economic predictions are bullshit, regardless of who makes them. The economy may very well be headed to a downturn, but there&#x27;s zero way to accurately tell how bad it&#x27;ll be-Great Recession, early 00s, early 90s bad, something worse, something better? &quot;Economic collapse&quot; is so vague and alarming as to be useless (unless you have shares in a Prepper biz you are trying to inflate).