Almost all that money was never real in the first place, Slag. It vanished in an instant into the realms of imagination from whence it sprang.

All that is real is tangible stuff...and the intelligence, skills, and ability of the population. The price tag changes...reality remains the same....or it would if people weren't enthralled and enslaved by made-up money that isn't real and up to their eyeballs in debt based on spending the made-up money that wasn't real.

Is someone making out like bandits? You betcha! When prices crash those with disposable income buy in at a really LOW price and they get real stuff for their fake money. They later sell it for big bucks (more fake money) after things have taken a turn for the better...and that allows them to have more real stuff. And round it goes again.