Which economic bubble will be next to burst?
In the early 1600s, tulip mania hit Holland hard. The elegant and exotic flower, which had recently arrived to the tiny European nation via trade routes from the Ottoman Empire, was so prized by the aristocracy that the demand for the rare bulb caused prices to skyrocket. By 1636, the tulip was being traded as a commodity on several Dutch stock exchanges, leading to widespread market speculation [source: Investopedia]. People spent exorbitant sums to get their hands on a bouquet of tulips in order to “flip”
