give us something to lose our money on

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/recession_plagued_nation_demands?utm_source=slate_rss_1

It would be funny except that we already did this:
create a bubble in internet stocks
create a bubble in real estate
creating a bubble in energy futures

Update edit 7/17: after oil dropped 10 dollars a barrel in the past two days, it would appear we are in the process of popping the third economic bubble on this list. So yes, we need something else to lose money on.