Argh! Whats up with these countless stock market crashes?
When you’ve selected “Meritocracy” in the “Aristocracy/Meritocracy”-choice and you have discovered “Stock Exchange (3002)”, “Stock Market Crash (23000)” gets added to the random events that can occur. However, if you’re skimping on the crime fighting, and have lots of corruption buildings (especially of the “immoral business”-kind) the likelihood of getting this event increases, potentially quite a lot. So how can I avoid this event? You can delay researching “Stock Exchange” or “State & Government (4303)” a bit. The “Meritocracy vs. Aristocracy” invention will not trigger as long as you have a socialist government. Choose “Aristocracy” if you cannot cope with the event by then. When the crime fighting is sufficient, corruption should be under control and so should be “Stock Market Crashes” (or at least it’s likelihood should be decreased). Later tech advances can reduce the chances of the event occuring, and even remove the event completely.