TBD | Too Stonks Too Furious

TBD | Too Stonks Too Furious

Update: 2024-05-17
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The 2021 subreddit-coordinated effort to raise the price of Gamestop stock was, in some ways, a proof of concept: the little guy can get into the market and make some noise. Because even though that “meme stock” rose and fell, the idea of the meme stock went has changed the way our stock market works.


Guest: Alex Kirshner, contributing writer for Slate.


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TBD | Too Stonks Too Furious

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