Looking at your guys one by one:
1) Paul Craig Roberts bases his thinking on fundamentals. The charts are ahead of him, that's why we chart,
2) Prechter made his name calling for a depression and has made a lot of money out it. He's locked into that view and can't reverse without getting egg on his face.
3) Rickards, in calling for a new normal of recession/depression - you need to know gloom and doom sells. Ask Marc Faber. You can get lots of attention and become famous. With positive news, people yawn. He's talking his book (in both senses) and hasn't done his homework with the charts.
Instead, we want to examine facts.
Smithy..2 great posts!..donc