Even full civil war wouldn’t do it. The NYSE has been operating mostly continuously since 1817 (and even longer under different organization).
To permanently collapse the US economy, you’d have to collapse the entire country government, and a lot of the infrastructure too. Even if the government shuts down, private industry keeps running.
Even full civil war wouldn’t do it. The NYSE has been operating mostly continuously since 1817 (and even longer under different organization).
To permanently collapse the US economy, you’d have to collapse the entire country government, and a lot of the infrastructure too. Even if the government shuts down, private industry keeps running.