Does anybody know where I might get an old edition copy of
Chess Fundamentals by Jose R. Capablanca?
I don't like the new plasticky ones and I'm quite fond of the smell of old books.
This is also a tactic to avoid pick pockets. If you're a difficult target they won't waste their time or risk their anonymity with you.
Knowing how to take advantage of human laziness is such an important part of life.
Now the real issue in that scenario would be about personal motives.
The man or group in control of secret Fed market manipulation is BOUND to be in bed with special interest groups. If there was some way to guard against this, it would work nicely.
I worked at a hardware store when I was a lad many moons ago. The major demographic of the customers were handymen and old people. The old people bought a lot of gardening supplies.