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by prvit 1405 days ago
It’s not a “contrarian rabbit hole”.

Whether or not insider trading should be illegal is a hotly contested topic among economists.

>It doesn't really matter why, it is, and for good reasons

Would you like to share the good reasons why it doesn’t matter?

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Because if you do it you're going to jail if you get caught.
And you believe that the reasoning behind jailing people is not to be discussed beyond “that’s the law”?
That's obviously not what I'm saying; you're being difficult for the sake of argument. I've already stated why insider trading is and should be illegal.