To be fair, this is Jacobin and being critical of speculation and financial markets more broadly is kinda their whole thing. Their stance hasn’t changed, it’s j

To be fair, this is Jacobin and being critical of speculation and financial markets more broadly is kinda their whole thing. Their stance hasn’t changed, it’s just not very well liked around here. I was actually surprised to see this gaining traction at all on this site. Maybe this is an opportunity for some HNers to start considering perspectives that don’t treat the WSJ and The Economist as sacred texts.