Sorry -- I didn't mention in my post, but I am an economist, trained to masters degree level and with 30+ years experience. Not sure that gives me any special status in this discussion, however. Anyone with two 0-Levels and a budgerigar should be able to work out that the blog is crap.
There is no real argument in this hysterical blog; it's just a list of loosely connected, but very selectively chosen "sensational" facts. If you could be arsed, it wouldn't take long to pull together a list of 18 key "signs" proving exactly the opposite (i.e. that the global economy is on the...