I know this might be weird, but it seems like a lot of people express a sentiments similar to this about the environment, but economically at least until more recently it seemed like people were less concerned about the current state of affairs in the US economy as a longer term trend.

Since I was a teenager during the 08 crisis, I had a sinking feeling that things would never be the same culturally or economically in the US. I had made plans to expatriate to another country pre covid, but after covid I saw some cracks in that foundation. I will probably expatriate still after my studies (and do further studies abroad), but that is another topic and I do realize other countries have issues too. While being in the rust belt probably exacerbated this feeling, based off the numbers there are some flashing red lights that make me concerned. This is regardless of who is in office. I know a lot of this is beyond my control, but I do want to mitigate some of the follow from future crisises. This is not so much about oh I will lose my job, but more about the prospect of something similar to the Pound Sterling devaluation happening or a slow downhill trend that will nevertheless eat away at upward mobility. How have you coped with the anxiety around this?