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occamofsandwichyesterday at 9:51 PM1 replyview on HN

The strange deals on the entire future output are what was allowed. Try to do the same thing with onions and the government understands you are a criminal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act


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fc417fc802today at 12:03 AM

That is quite the amusing read but it seems like a poorly constructed law. It wasn't futures themselves that were the problem there. The duo engaged in blatant market manipulation and severely disrupted part of the food supply in the process.

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