Aired: 9/28/2022
In 2020, a few plucky upstarts on Reddit spot an opportunity to get rich quick and stick it to Wall Street — by investing in a declining retail chain.
The Redditors get more people on board with their plan, and GameStop stock starts flying up. But economic disaster could be on the horizon.
After the squeeze, one Redditor and investing app Robinhood come under suspicion for their ties to the financial establishment.
