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Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t... by CaptainZapp on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:12PM (#18461090)
had a major hand in a (legal) monetary speculation that produced a currency crisis in the UK

He did not produce the crisis. He observed, rightly, that the pound was massively overvalued and that this was not sustainable.

He bet the bank on this fact and won.

He certainly didn't produce the crisis.

Re:Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them t... by spamizbad on Thursday November 15, 2018 @12:42PM (#18461390)
Yep. And it’s worth pointing out in the wake of the 2008 recession, Peter Thiel made a similar bet against the US dollar and lost.