Cool. I think we are nearly of same mind. Completely agree that many of the services we enjoy today are going to change for the worse if not disappear altogether for a time.

Let's think about a system where growth is not expected. Heck, let's say that our current system comes to that realization. Bam! The markets drop massively with that expectation. Some markets even close as capital flees for cover. But where does the capital flee to? Commodities? Bonds? Cash? Inflation will probably make folk avoid cash and bonds. Companies will still exist, perhaps not the ones we know today, but those that survive will have learned their lesson. Ultimately, all that cash, probably much less valuable cash, will move back into the markets. But then what?

My bet is on growth. Not exponential growth, but a more sustainable curve. Perhaps logarithmic or logistic and starting well below what we're at today. Without the expectation of 6% profit per year, the markets will be much more sane. You won't throw your money into them unless you actually know something. People will still make money in the markets, even on average, just not the kind of money we've grown used to in the last 50 years.

But there's going to be some real suckage between now and then.