We had a real economy, with real manufacturing, and real jobs.
Today's markets are rigged. Yes, rigged. Crony Capitalism rules.
And these clowns are not "investors."
They are worse than Vegas gamblers, playing with ficticious QE Federal Reserve "pumped" money.
A Day of Reckoning is coming.
You are pretty much just plain wrong
I would argue that you should read Forbes at Forbes.com every day
If you did, you would know that there are many many young entrepreneurs working long hours at home and in garages starting new businesses. there are others that have opened real offices and warehouses and continuing to build those fledgling businesses. Some succeed, some fail.
Those generally young Americans, both men and women, know the way to the future is not trying to recreate that which became obsolete, but to create something new from scratch. That is what they are doing.