News Brief: Finance Media's GameStop Meltdown and the Thin Moral Pretexts of Wall Street's Game Rigging
Added 2021-01-28 15:21:35 +0000 UTCIn this News Brief we break down L'Affaire GameStop and the CNBC set's goofy, reverse-engineered moral justifications for being outraged by #GME. With guest Jacob Silverman of The New Republic.
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Guest
Jacob Silverman is a journalist and writer. He is a regular contributor to The New Republic and The Baffler, and the author of Terms of Service: Social Media and the Price of Constant Connection. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Politico and elsewhere.
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Show Notes
The GameStop Saga Shows How Casino Capitalism Is Eating the World
Jacob Silverman | January 27, 2021 | The New Republic
The GameStop Bubble Is a Lesson in the Absurdity and Uselessness of the Stock Market
Doug Henwood | January 27, 2021 | Jacobin
AP Twitter hack causes panic on Wall Street and sends Dow plunging
Heidi Moore and Dan Roberts | April 23, 2013 | The Guardian
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Transcript
For a full transcript of this episode, go here.
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Comments
Another really good news brief, clarifying what really happened in the financial world of Wall Street meets Reddit.
Gina Sonder
2021-02-02 04:08:30 +0000 UTC
