Great essay Araci. But brace ourselves with what? What little money we have is virtually worthless, and we are all debt-croppers now. Did you know that US government entered the Great Depression with a huge surplus, and the average citizen did not have a mortgage. Now it is "in case of crash, bend over and kiss your ass goodby". My most recent missive might interest you: https://medium.com/@daneke/seriously-what-the-hell-is-going-on-the-perverse-political-economy-of-rage-ab506e962877