Do you happen to recall the economic conditions predicted for the end of 2008 in Molon Labe! by Ken Royce, AKA, "Boston T. Party?*
First published in Jan 2004, he predicted a Dow of 4309 by the end of 2008, which we may yet see, depending on the *progress* of the Detroit auto builder bailout and/or the bankrupcy of GM and Chrysler.
Around mid '04 after a very good pal of mine sent me a copy of that novel, I described some of the financial/economic condition forecasts in it [2004-2020] to a banker pal of mine [who was the first guy to explain to me what a *NINJA* loan was.] He got a good chuckle, and told me all sorts of *coming financial collapse* books have been around for years.
About 3 weeks back, he called me up and asked me the name of *that book that had the Dow at 4300 by the end of '08* and where he could get a copy. I told him, and he ought to have it in hand and on his desk by now. It's about time for me to call and ask what he thought of it, but I think I'll wait until after Thanksgiving.
We’re in for a wild ride, that’s for sure!