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Clarence Saunders and the Piggly Wiggly Crisis Part 4: Street Fighting Man
Clarence Saunders goes to war with the New York Stock Exchange after they allow the bears to escape from his terrible trap. For more than 100 years, the identities of this shadowy syndicate behind the attack on Piggly Wiggly were never revealed...
Clarence Saunders and the Piggly Wiggly Crisis Part 3: The Terrible Trap
Clarence Saunders goes it alone, springing his trap on the bears, and all hell breaks loose on Wall Street. The Piggly Crisis that Saunders sets off, will be echoed nearly 100 years later, when an army of small investors will use Robinhood t...
Clarence Saunders and the Piggly Wiggly Crisis Part 2: The Game of Corner
Clarence Saunders and Jesse Livermore begin their bold operation to fight the Bear Raiders, and defend Piggly Wiggly. As Saunders learns the art of stock manipulation, he begins employing his creative genius to bend the rules of the exchange...
Clarence Saunders and the Piggly Wiggly Crisis Part 1: The Man Who Would Be King
Clarence Saunders invents the world's first supermarket, Piggly Wiggly, launching the self-service shopping revolution. When he finds his life's work jeopardized by a surprise attack from Wall Street short sellers, Saunders must race to save...