[measurablefunc]

Goliath's Curse by Luke Kemp covers it pretty well I think.

[GolfPopper]

Likewise, thank you for the recommendation. I obviously haven't read Goliath's Curse yet, but it seems like Joseph Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies (1988) might also be interesting for the same readers.

[ferguess_k]

Thanks for the recommendation.