Say I make money buying and selling stocks and other financial instruments. I also happened to "know" a powerful politician such as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and I had knowledge that they might mention nationalizing US banks on network TV. If I was interested in making some quick money I might short financial stocks.
As the US government becomes a bigger force in the economy through spending an ever larger percentage of the GDP and exerts more regulatory control over the markets, opportunities to move markets for personal gain will increase.
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