should things collapse anyway, i pack up all the debtors onto the space shuttle mayflower, to have them colonize and mine the moon.
drunkle-
You've got it right. The tulip came to the Netherlands in 1593 and the craze began in the 1600’s in earnest. The Dutch were leaving and colonizing the Hudson Valley by 1609.
Bubbles can cause massive change to societies – mass migration is a frequent result.