Not sure about how this relates to financial crises per se but the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center provided the defining evert which allowed foreign steel to flood this country. The decision to do that was the result of the WTC developer suspecting that the big American steel suppliers had colluded to fix their bid prices. As no single foreign manufacturer could supply enough steel for the whole project the scope of work was then divided up into a number of smaller packages to accommodate their limited capacity.

Do we know if the Egyptians had a crisis after Kheops got his pyramid elected?

...wait... Some people suggest this pyramid has been erected loooong before by a now extinct advanced society... Quod erat Demonstrandum?