Digging gold out of the ground, refining it, turning it into gold bars or coins, that is definitely technology at work. The current global economy is remarkably stable. In developed countries most people who want jobs have them, the shops are full, people have enough to eat - too much to eat by the look of many people.
You might argue that this is a house of cards which could collapse at any time, you might even be correct, but to claim the world is in recession now is nonsense.
