Martenson contends the long awaited global collapse, on many fronts, has not only started, but is picking up speed. Martenson says,

"Our prediction at PeakProsperity.com is these collapse trends, we have been following for 10 years now, are accelerating and continuing. None of them are reversing at this point in time. These will impact people's future in a huge way. Environmentally, we see these signs, but we also have $245 trillion of debt in the global economy. We have been accelerating that debt cycle as if we could just keep that trend going forever—we can't. So, what we see are all these unsustainable trends converging. They are going to happen . . . and people need to be ready."

Martenson lays out the case to blame central banks for much of the geopolitical and economic friction in the world today. Martenson says,

"The economic pie is not expanding anymore. It's kind of stagnant. So, if you have one tiny group taking their fair share and the pie isn't growing, it means they are taking from somebody else. This is the essence of central banking. They don't create wealth, they redistribute wealth. When the Federal Reserve crams rates to zero, the savers lose out, but lose to who? The winners and losers are being picked by the central banks, and they have decided that the .01% should be the winners in this story and everybody else should be the losers...