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wasoxygen  ·  2869 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SEC: Phil Mickelson made almost $1M on insider trade, not criminally charged

One of my favorite sentences on Wikipedia:

    Japan enacted its first law against insider trading in 1988. Roderick Seeman said, "Even today many Japanese do not understand why this is illegal. Indeed, previously it was regarded as common sense to make a profit from your knowledge."