The financial crisis, economic collapse, give it a name. Not all of you have a financial background, I know. So, the goal here would be to, perhaps after exploring the below, have you believe that there are people for whom it is quite understandable what’s going on, who even see clear links between various fields (e.g. politics) and the current state of the economy.
Furthermore, there are people who do not misuse our average-folks’ lack of this awareness and knowledge. Unfortunately, these people are not our leaders 
. Nevertheless, they are out there, people who are authentic, knowledgable, transparent, and not motivated by fear, compliance, greed and consitency.
Please check out some of their video’s. You can find many more on YouTube, for example, there are video’s of Peter Schiff even predicting this economic situation before it had begun, and he wasn’t the only disregarded visionary… . Again, it’s fine if you can’t follow all the financial jargon, you can focus on what these people beam out, what their general message is, and for example whether you think they are trustworthy 
…
Peter Schiff
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=6HIebJEsxUs&feature=related
Marc Faber
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=r-C2z0rducc&feature=related
Jim Rogers
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=wI7ySujGqjk&feature=related
Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kxTkhwR_Q&NR=1
And here is a real teaser for you … Why haven’t we heard anything of this initiative??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiPrsc9g98&feature=related