The Big Short 2.0—Crushing the Little Guy

Wall Street steps all over the average American investor by gaming the stock market for the whole world to see

The logos of video game retail store GameStop and trading app Robinhood are displayed on a computer and a mobile phone in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 28, 2021. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Populism investing is here in a very big way, and Wall Street is not happy about it.