Actually, in my experience, most media these days looks quite positively at the world economy as a whole, when ignoring the minor booms and busts.

Also, the crisis we're referring to is not linked to the growth of production and GDP at all, but is concerned with the faulty economic and financial system which we are subjects to.

Hence, why most of us are increasingly interested in crypto-currencies, which are a strong potential long-term solution to the fiat currency system, which puts entire economies in debt to Central Banks, and which lead to economic slavery through bailouts.

The issues go much deeper than simply GDP and production, I think. :P