Reading Ancient Roman and Greek history, it appeared the fall of those two civilizations coincided with ever increases in debauchery and sexual deviancy: rises in homosexuality, bestiality, pedophilia, et.al. oh and lets not forget the incursion of peoples thought lesser than Roman Citizenry that were used as slave labor, peasants, and eventually becoming so numerous that they destroyed the status quo. Certainly there's much more to the subject that's far above my sophomoric understanding but I think I'm on track.
I figure it this way: I can do no more about the economy than I can the weather, best I can do is earn all I can, economize where possible, and stay out of debt...the rest will work its way out without any input from us.