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Opinion

Reddit uprising beats Davos Man at his own game

GameStop crusade draws parallels to Occupy Wall Street movement

| Singapore
As connoisseurs of Reddit's WallStreetBets forum bought shares of GameStop, the "smart money" lost untold billions.   © STRF/STAR MAX/IPx

William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."

Davos Man just had his worst week in decades as a bunch of Reddit-reading day-traders beat him at his game.

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