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People can use money to buy shares in companies to participate in their profits. Owners of companies carry the risk that the company goes bankrupt.


What’s the actual hazard there? I get that a company going bankrupt causes money to evaporate into wages and capital. But are the owners actually facing any real risk? You have to be an accredited investor to buy in in any real way and one of the tests is that your investment is below a certain percentage of your means.




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