Many factors contribute to the ebbs and flows of our economy, but the world has seen unprecedented economic growth in the last decade. This growth has been built on debt, and fraud, which is a house of cards destined to tumble. The federal reserve has cut interest rates, the 10 year treasury is at it's lowest yield in history, and the DOW Jones has been dropping 1000 points at least once a week for a month. While a technical recession requires negative GDP growth for two consecutive quarters, the hard truth of the matter is that it's here, and things are crashing quickly. As such I have taken the opportunity to share my knowledge of means to acquire real wealth despite the economic downturn, and wind up with more income producing assets than you could have thought possible. I touch upon real estate, precious metals, dividend paying stocks and much more in my recession survival guide.