I've been watching this lately, it's scary but really presents what I believe is an accurate assessment of the global economic predicament:

Chris Martenson | chapters - The Crash Course - chapters, Crash Course, Economy, Energy, environment, Peak Oil, videos

Here's a list of the chapters (video sections)

Introduction
1 Three Beliefs 1:46
2 The Three "E"s 1:38
3 Exponential Growth 6:20
4 Compounding is the Problem 3:06
5 Growth vs. Prosperity 3:40
6 What is Money? 5:55
7 Money Creation 4:19
8 The Fed - Money Creation 7:13
9 A Brief History of US Money 7:14
10 Inflation 11:48
11 How Much Is A Trillion? 3:28
12 Debt 12:32
13 A National Failure To Save
14 Assets & Demographics 13:41
15 Bubbles 14:10
16 Fuzzy Numbers 15:52
17a Part A: Peak Oil 17:52
17b Part B: Energy Budgeting 12:15
17c Part C: Energy And The Economy 7:05
18 Environmental Data 16:22
19 Future Shock 8:02
20 What Should I Do?