2/ Bubbles end slave-owning empires & despots https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dotcon/historical/bubbles.html https://www.britannica.com/money/Mississippi-Bubble https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Law%27s_Company https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/tulipmania-overblown-crisis https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dutch_tulip_bulb_market_bubble.asp South Sea Bubble https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company