When the US economy crashes- the world suffers. There are so many countries depending on the US. That means that it will be a global economic crisis and that the nations of the world will have to work together in order to get things up and running again [hint: global economy=new world order] If that happens, in order to keep such a large amount of people in control, they will probably take measures such as that chip to keep track of people and you won't be able to buy or sell without it [mark of the beast anyone?] I know this sounds like a conspiracy, but I could really see this happening.

what does it have to do with religion? The bible talks about the mark of the beast.