The markets have been in decline since their last peak in 2007, and their prior peak in 2000.

We all have a stake in the economy, whether we invest or not.

Instead of trying to blame it on some conspiracy of wall street werewolves, it is better to question how we really got to this point and what the real drivers were with regard to blowing economic crashes and bubbles.

Massive government debt, poor regulation, economic policy which destroys growth and a grossly mistaken belief that government is or can be the economy.
All wrong and all fatal to a genuine economy.

Rather than a real economy, we have created a zombie dependent on massive intervention to keep the undead alive, reward failure, and throw away massive amounts of wealth we do not have. It is now driven mostly by intervention and rumors of intervention, none of which are sustainable.