Marc Faber is the pessimist’s economist, a “contrarian” who has been frequently right, and publisher of the investment newsletter “The Gloom Boom & Doom Report”. His website is even adorned by the Dance of Death paintings by Kaspar Meglinger. In this wide-ranging lecture, Faber analyzes the recent past and the future of global economics (1 hr, 8 mins). If you prefer a bullet-point summary, here is a decent one.