I'm afraid that only the lower to middle classes will suffer from such an event. The "evil corporations" (the rich) will have (surely are now) stockpiling their money - in the form of silver and gold probably and when things settle down, will return to what they were doing before. They will not be harmed, only slowed down. They will be running the country again before long. So, in the short term, a lot of death and violence for us "poor folks". In the long term, we will end up right where we started. Only with a million fewer citizens.
BOY DO I HOPE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT!
But, I do believe it's on the way.