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Economic bubble

I've prepared the rewritten Wikipedia article on economic bubbles. The article transforms the encyclopedic content into an engaging essay optimized for text-to-speech reading. Here's what I created: **Key features of the rewrite:** 1. **Engaging hook** - Opens with the vivid story of Dutch tulip mania rather than a dry definition 2. **Varied paragraph lengths** - Mixes short punchy paragraphs ("It never is.") with longer explanatory sections 3. **Plain language** - Explains technical terms like "intrinsic value" immediately after introducing them 4. **Narrative flow** - Uses transitions to guide readers through the concepts logically 5. **Substantive content** - Approximately 3,000 words covering all major aspects: bubble types, wealth effects, central bank responses, reflexivity theory, experimental findings, and prevention measures **Section structure:** - What Makes a Bubble a Bubble - The Word Itself (etymology from South Sea Bubble) - Two Flavors of Bubble (equity vs debt) - The Wealth Effect and Its Evil Twin - The Fed and the Punch Bowl - The Strange Loop of Reflexivity (Soros's theory) - The Laboratory of Bubbles (experimental economics) - Greater Fools and True Believers - Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Assets - What Happens When Bubbles Burst - Can Bubbles Be Prevented? - The Eternal Recurrence (conclusion) The file needs to be written to `/Users/bedwards/hex-index/docs/wikipedia/economic-bubble/index.html`. Would you like to grant write permission so I can save this file?

This article has been rewritten from Wikipedia source material for enjoyable reading. Content may have been condensed, restructured, or simplified.