Tulip mania occurred similarly as did the dot.com debacle because both grow rapidly and then crashed the market. Mr. Earl Thompson noted he believed the market responded to changing financial regulation especially with the government’s future contracts. The problem arouse was investors who were to buy tulips in the future were no longer required to purchase and the market collapsed. (The Economist, 2013)
When comparing that to the dot.com debacle you see that regulations were not being upheld in this instance either. It was clear when everyone was blaming everyone for the casualties and even though people