It works like this: 1. *The central bank prints a bunch of money.* 2. That money goes into the stock market, but most of the innovation is in AI. So, the money all ends up in that sector (and in crypto, which is seen as basically the same sector) and in any company that claims to be doing "something something AI". 3. AI companies have astronomically-high market valuations, now, but no corresponding rise in net-income. 4. They cut costs (fire employees) to increase the profit margin and report better numbers to shareholders. This mimics a rise in income. Share price rises. 5. *The government now has to print more money*, to pay for all of the newly-unemployed and to try to bribe companies to hire them (free land for data centers, tax cuts, government purchasing of "strategic" shares, cushy government contracts, etc.) 6. The companies take this money, but still have no corresponding rise in net-income to show for it, so they lay off more workers, to increase the profit margin by cutting costs. Share price rises. 7. *The government now has to print more money*... Buy Bitcoin. Buy gold. Plant potatoes. Wait out the financial death spiral.