Can we make futures speculation illegal? We see Wall Street again taking steps to crash our market

[bhikkhu]

3. Its not so much people as it is an insufficiently regulated market

Its always tempting to imagine some individual mind behind bubbles and price swings and so forth, but if you look at the history of the markets its more just the dynamics of an unregulated market. Group activity can cause boom and bust cycles without any individual intention.

Its worth noting that "our market" essentially is Wall Street, and crashing it isn't in anyone's interest, except for a few who would see that as benefiting the next election - but I don't think that's what is happening either. Its just a regular cycle, lacking sufficient regulation.