wall street
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The ‘World Wide Robin Hood Society’ Had a Very Weird Week
A small U.K. group dedicated to the Nottingham folkloric hero gained 60,000 new Twitter followers over a misunderstanding with the stock-trading app connected to GameStop Wall Street controversy
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The GameStop Story Is Really About a Broken Economy and Pissed-Off Populace
Everyone's talking about a video game store’s stock because it features the rarest of occurrences in American life: rich people losing
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AOC, Rashida Tlaib Rip Robinhood Over GameStop Trading Restrictions
A company named after someone who redistributed wealth to the poor just intervened in trades in a way that favors [checks notes]... massive hedge funds
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Wall Street Is Looting the American Retirement System. The Trump Administration Is Helping
The Trump administration is opening up retirement funds to private equity — at workers’ expense
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How the COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casino
While ordinary Americans face record unemployment and loss, the COVID-19 bailout has saved the very rich
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Banks Sued for LIBOR Collusion — Again!
What if a sizable portion of global economic activity rests on magical thinking?
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Turns Out That Trillion-Dollar Bailout Was, in Fact, Real
A new Washington Post piece fudges the history of the 2008 financial crash
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'Black Monday' Review: Energetic Wall Street Dramedy Doesn't Pay Dividends
The comedic half of this new series about the stock market crash of 1987 is a rollicking good time, but its dramatic side takes a nosedive
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Taibbi: Chatting With Bernie Sanders About a Looming Financial Crisis
The Vermont Senator just stood up to Amazon — but what about those Too Big To Fail banks?
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Ten Years After the Crash, We've Learned Nothing
The great financial catastrophe of our times is still badly misunderstood, and led to grotesque consequences, including the election of Donald Trump
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