>could cause someone to

That isn't how volition works. If you make bad choices its not just some random cause and effect externality that you had no control over. Drug addiction doesn't "just happen." We all deal with stress and anxiety, and we all have to find coping mechanisms. If you choose a self destructive coping mechanism its on you.

except a lot of people think this way and it'll likely not get that low. $70

its not even half the volume as it was in March

>making predictions based on political news

The market reacts to political news. The economy is inseparable from politics.

>I feel like we have enough information available to model the economy

I disagree. Analysts are frequently wildly off in their predictions for metrics like GDP, Job Growth, CPI etc... Now it could be argued that they're playing the "consumer confidence" game and they know they're full of shit just painting a rosy picture, but I'm more inclined to believe that they're simply morons. If it was just a consumer confidence game and they really knew what the under the hood situation looks like in the economy they wouldn't lose so much money.

tbh I have a very negative opinion of the poor, and generally regard their plight as the result of some character flaw or bad choices. It was never a mystery to anyone growing up over the last 40 years that drugs and alcohol are bad for you, but this is the case for the vast majority of the poor. There are some circumstances where some drug dealer doctor gets their patient hooked on opioids and then they start doing heroine when the prescriptions run out, but even in those circumstances you should inquire about what your doctor is prescribing you and why. People who have no innate suspicion of doctors and other professionals that exploit customers aren't worthy of empathy, because you can't care more about someone than they care for themselves.

So yea, I'm a bad person I guess. Fuck the poor.