When the Burj Khalifa officially opened in Dubai on Monday , much of the world press noted the irony of the world 's tallest building unveiled just weeks after the emirate 's debt crash . The opening of every single `` world 's tallest '' building in the past century has coincided with an economic downturn . Comment: Some researchers say skyscrapers are a physical manifestation of a boom and bust cycle in business .
The opening of every single `` world 's tallest '' building in the past century has coincided with an economic downturn . Comment: Some researchers say skyscrapers are a physical manifestation of a boom and bust cycle in business .