Economic collapse is certainly underway. Complete financial collapse has been temporarily slowed down due to the massive printing of money and the seeming willingness of virtually every other country including China. I don’t think the author counted upon the virtual destruction of fiat currencies by every in the world. The question is how will the country stay together when the dollar becomes worthless or nearly worthless. If you listen to Gerald Celente he is predicting that our cities will become mini-Mexico Cities with daily kidnappings, out of control crime etc. Its hard to fathom such a situation in the USA, but our system has become more and more fragile.