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The level obviously was n't calibrated so that the bubble sat in the middle when it was level . Add some Machiavellian monopolies , myopic regulators , legislators , and judges , and the Russian mafia 's zombie army , and you see that the bubble was just the first act . When the stock market reached the height of irrational exuberance in 2000 , the bubble was filled largely with the hopes of technology startups going public .