It seems more like a market strategy than an economic collapse. Afterall they control the skin market, and this will lead more players to buy very expensive skins (cheaper than the day before yesterday, but still quite pricey). Also, not all skins went down in price, the red ones from collections with gold skins even increased in value.
There are tasks in Traitors! They're done in a group with some things that traitors have different incentives for. But yes it makes it more like Among Us than werewolf!