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It was the eighties.
by SamReidHughes 8y ago
It was the eighties.
- mikeash 8y agoIs this a reference to how they probably thought it wouldn't be a problem because people couldn't get pricing info fast enough at the time? If so, I don't quite buy that. Maybe that really is what they thought, but it seems pretty dumb. The info was surely available. The average person might not be able to get to it, but someone working in the financial industry with access to specialized feeds could have. It sounds like this was common in France but not elsewhere. Was something different about France that made it seem reasonable?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoSorry, I was trying to make a joke. My understanding last time I read about this was that nobody knows why.