The economy is run by greedy sociopaths. The economy shut down at the worst possible time. They know exactly what they are doing, and they don't care if a few million people die because of these decisions. They make decisions like this all the time.
These people are playing the emotions of the general public. They are reptiles; they have no such feelings. Oh! Think of the children! What about grandma!? Gotta think like a sociopath to understand that they want the economy shut down. This is not an inconvenience to them. This is the exact trigger they were looking for the fleece the sheep; the perfect scapegoat.
You give way too much credit to people for coming up with such elaborate plans. People are stupid. There are no groups out to get you. All they are doing is looking to do what's best for them today.
Accept all those think tanks, and the reports they generated, that outlined pretty much what has bean happening.
Accept for all those CIA and FBI and Military operations that would make your hair stand on end.
And we really only know about the declassified ones. Project Bluebeam, Project Paper Clip...
I take it you've never run a business. It's amazing what you can learn about being fucked over as soon as you set out to do something actually beneficial.