Joseph Tainter has done some interesting work on the relation between societal complexity and collapse[1], here's a recent(ish) paper of his on the subject http

Joseph Tainter has done some interesting work on the relation between societal complexity and collapse[1], here's a recent(ish) paper of his on the subject http://wtf.tw/ref/tainter_2006.pdf http://wtf.tw/ref/tainter_2006.pdf [1] https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Complex-Societies-Studies-Archaeology/dp/052138673X https://www.amazon.com/Collapse-Complex-Societies-Studies-Ar...