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Watching arbitrary red and green lines dictate wealth

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The global financial stability entirely relies on frantic people staring at colored squiggles on screens. If the line turns red, millions panic; if the line turns green, an executive somewhere buys a mega yacht.

Watching arbitrary red and green lines dictate wealth
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