Great essay. I like you theory, but I now see the number of tents under the freeways as the major economic indicator. I grew up in the San Bernardino Mts. where folks were stuck for weeks in climate change storms recently. Now the town SB is one big storage unit (the only industry). They once grew oranges for the world, not they store shit. Did I ever send you this: http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue102/Daneke102.pdf