GameStop: A very modern fable
The inside story of how the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit took on Wall Street, sending shares in the struggling retailer GameStop skyrocketing… until they crashed back to earth.Content warning: strong language and mentions of suic...
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The inside story of how the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit took on Wall Street, sending shares in the struggling retailer GameStop skyrocketing… until they crashed back to earth.
Content warning: strong language and mentions of suicide.
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Guests:
- Caitlin McCabe, financial markets and retail trading reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
- Richard Fletcher, business editor, The Times.
- Simon Dixon, co-founder of Banktothefuture.com and an investment banker.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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