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		cturner on June 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Please explain short selling? `If it is that way, then it's a zero-sum game` No, because the amount of value in the system trends up over time. There is not a fixed amount of wealth in the world.

cynicalkane on June 14, 2010 [–]

The point is that stocks are not a priori worth money just because they represent a share of a company. Value has to come from them somehow.

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