Watched it too.
its rather astounding, and not a spoof or is it...
- at least I dont think it is... But his comments such as ' well, look at Enron . etc, as if to justify his assessment, I found weak.
so All that I can think thats against it, is he secretly represents a shorting group, and is paid to try to present a very positive viewpoint, against which shorters will build a position. When the reidiculousness of his view become accepted, which would be apparent in a couple of monhts or so, if the Dollar ralles against gold for example, gold falls ever further, making big profits for the shorts. Of course I could not be right, could I.