Stop complaining about difficult economy, if you have always think the economy is hard you will be managing the little money you have , and you would think it is too difficult for you to invest in something because the economy hard. No matter how the economy may seems so difficult people are still spending money to purchase what they are in need of. Hard economy don't stop people from purchasing what they want, people are spending money everyday. In this hard economy think of what you can buy and sell that people can't do without, this is how to roll when economy seems to be difficult. Hard economy don't stop people from spending money, if you go to the market you will see many people selling and buying. Hard economy doesn't make the market to be scanty or go for break.
You are speaking like someone that hasn't start paying bills. Here is something you need to know, there is different between "need" and "want". People that has enough money can always get what they need and what they want but people that has little can't always get what they want, they can only try to get what they need. Atimes what they had to struggle had to get what they need. Example is launch and dinner but rich person can get anything they want, I mean excess.
Life is not a movie where you can just do things like it's easy, it's not my friend. What do you think one can invest and makes money? Bitcoin is my first suggestion but that takes time as well, you need time to hold before you can reap the fruit of your profit. If you don't have cash flow while holding the Bitcoin, you will sell half price. Hard economy is a state that is bad for everyone, no enjoy when the economy is bad until the government takes the necessary action.