Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoEconomist Warns That Elon Musk Is About to Cause a "Deep, Deep Recession"lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1575arrow-down1imageEconomist Warns That Elon Musk Is About to Cause a "Deep, Deep Recession"lemmy.blahaj.zoneFlorencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHe can, but if stocks fall 90%, he can buy 10x as much. If he shorts things on the way down, he can multiply his money first too. If this is played right, he could be worth tens or hundreds of trillions a decade or 2 from now.
minus-squareProfessorozone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI believe that’s what he’s going for.
He can, but if stocks fall 90%, he can buy 10x as much. If he shorts things on the way down, he can multiply his money first too.
If this is played right, he could be worth tens or hundreds of trillions a decade or 2 from now.
I believe that’s what he’s going for.