For those looking at how times have changed between GameStop and pre-1929 markets - here is a link to yesterdays discussion. Bottom line - market infrastructures are totally different, but one thing never changes - human nature https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/-reminiscences-of-a-stock-operator-toplive-transcript?sref=d1HExRZd …https://twitter.com/johnauthers/status/1374733062597136384 …
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I’m not sure I totally agree! For one, there are more continuities in the history of market structure than we might expect. And as a historian, I must vigorously object to the ahistorical description of human nature! “Human nature” is always a product of historical structureshttps://twitter.com/_John_Handel/status/1340666372100112385 …
“Human nature is always a product of historical structures” sheeeeesh its too early to blow my mind today John!
