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Economist Warns That Elon Musk Is About to Cause a "Deep, Deep Recession" (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[โ€“] boonhet@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I believe that's what he's going for.