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Jan 2021
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GameStock

Vox
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Vox’s Emily Stewart explains how GameStop’s stock jumped by 1,700 percent this month. Bloomberg’s Matt Levine ponders the purpose of the stock market.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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