Until I read about Celente.
He's missed a lot of predictions (he predicted a decline in nursing homes, a return to simplicity, and a shunning of materialism -- among others) and the ones he hit were based on simple observation of current trends via the newspapers.
First of all, show me a trends analyst with a 100% predictive record. Of course the guy’s been wrong here and there. It goes without saying.
But let me hit you with more economists, given your view:
http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/more-economists-say-crisis-is-worse-than-great-depression/
http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2008/10/libertarian-economist-richard-epstein.html
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090219/great_depression/20090219?hub=CanadaAM
Bill Gates: “I think we have three, four, five years here that will be very tough,” said Gates.
Rupert Murdoch issued an urgent internal communication late Monday, warning his staff: “We are in the midst of a phase of history in which nations will be redefined and their futures fundamentally altered.”
Liberals are acting as though the United States is eternal and nothing truly bad can happen as they spend trillions of dollars at a rate that has never before been seen in human history.