The one thing making me wonder whether the economy might not collapse is a theory from Yale sociologist Nicholas Christakis. He’s studied past pandemics and how societies reacted after them, and his claim is that economic booms are usually the result of people being panicked, holed up at home, restricted in what they can do, etc. for a long period of time. He’s basically predicting an economic boom over the next decade starting after widespread vaccination is complete. I’m skeptical, but he’s hardly a fringe kook.