Our whole economy (and really our whole society) is based on continually increasing consumption of goods and services financed by debt. No major corporations or governments want to see an end to this because it would take away their power and wealth. So they mislead the public and keep pushing off the inevitable further and further into the future, making the eventual collapse that much worse. Most people are so distracted with idiotic stuff that they don’t stop and think about what’s really behind all of this mess.