What I have trouble warping my mind around with the alleged upcoming apocalypse is how much is systemic - contracting export of oil and gas, China slowing productions, war in Europe - and how much is self-inflicted.<p>After all, economic indicators mostly measure exchange and inter-person behaviour. If you keep telling people it’s going to be terrible, they act like what you say is true. Some of the current crisis seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy.