Steve's barking; The burning of wealth

Wealth is burning all over the world.
The stock markets are in decline.
Commodities are in decline.
It therefore stands to reason that wealth is in decline.
When wealth is in decline one can reasonably presume that money is being burned, or to put it another way it's harder to borrow against ones assets. In an abstract way the money supply is dwindling. Even printing money might not increase the money supply.

Now I'll bet my bottom dollar that most if not all will not understand the above paragraph, that's what I get for having an abstract mind.