Global economy: If a triple bubble looms, can we survive a triple burst?
you are currently viewing::Global economy: If a triple bubble looms, can we survive a triple burst?November 28, 2025-The global economy faces three potential financial bubbles related to cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence and debt.
Global economy watchers have inundated the internet with historical parallels for the triple financial bubble at hand, inflated by hopes and dreams for artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, and previously unimaginable levels of borrowing. Potential reference points for different aspects of the AI-crypto-debt hydra abound. There's the mid-19th century British mania for buying into newfangled "railroads", with a fervour reminiscent of investors in the companies now building AI infrastructure. Or Dutch tulip fever in the days of Rembrandt, foreshadowing elements of the crypto rush. Even the credit lines that were once maxed out to prevent Napoleon from conquering everything in sight, presaging the current debt deluge. Source: WEF (World Economic Forum) |
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