No matter how bad the things will be in the world If you keep this in your mind you always will be better even in the not best times.

1.education and knowledge
you can and you should do is learning and getting knowledge not only School education.
While things go bad in larger scale the less educated people will suffering most the low education and low knowledge is the cause of poverty you can be poor but it doesn't mean you have to be this way internet books and access to info is for free to everyone nowdays only excuse is your own lazy mind If you have no knowledge.
If you have some spare free time it's always good to read some book or talk with some smart educated person or even watch some smart Youtube video.
Don't worry about to judge If the knowledge you learn is correct or not the more you learn and more you study the more base knowledge you will have to judge the subject what you study or learn so don't think you will have fast capability to judge knowledge If it's right or wrong you need to learn and study so more you know the more you develope your ability to choose what's right what's wrong

2.The health take care of your health that's your biggest wealth.

So before you even talking about money you need to focus on health and education and knowledge.

3. Your time look how you use your time.

If you keep in mind those 3 things it don't matter the number how much is in your wallet the cash or number in your bank account you always are positioned better then other people.