Marc Faber and Mike Shedlock appeared on Tech Ticker to talk about the prospects for the U.S. economy – shortly after you hit the Play button, you’ll start to feel the optimism ooze out of your computer screen and onto your keyboard.

Says Faber: “Well, I think the collapse of civilization has already begun, but it began for me very nicely yesterday. I was at the Chicago airport and I ordered a beer…”