The Economic Crisis, 1837 edition

If you like to learn your history from cartoons, here's a great intro into the critical roles of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage in the 1837 financial crisis, or so it would seem:

Part 1:
http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-and-babbage-vs-the-economy/

Part 2:
http://sydneypadua.com/2009/03/31/the-lovelace-adventures-pt-2/

Part 3:
http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-and-babbage-vs-the-economy-part-3/

As you well know, history never repeats, but it sometimes rhymes. Well, the above proves that history is mostly comic book caricature of itself.