Recession? O'Connell Says in MALLORY'S ORACLE:

Can't put the book back on the shelf without sharing this from Carol O'Connell's first book, MALLORY'S ORACLE (1994):

"How does insider trading impact on society?"
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"It's potentially devastating," said Gaynor. "In the worst possible scenario, Wall Street loses the trust of the investors. Who wants to risk their savings in a rigged game? Think of the small investors who suffer the most when they're cheated. Investments fall off across the board, from mutual funds to city bonds and blue-chip stock. Then the market collapses, and we all line up with a bowl at the local soup kitchen. That pack of thieves in the 1980 scandal shook a lot of people's faith. The soup kitchen was a near thing."