The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees

　　為何一個凋零的遊戲零售商，會讓鄉民、散戶群情憤慨，甚至連伊隆．馬斯克、《大賣空》原型主角麥可．貝瑞等人都加入戰局？
 
　　2021年最瘋狂的真人真事！一場投資散戶與華爾街的正面對決！
 
　　蓋布．普洛金簡直不敢相信自己眼前所見。
赫赫有名、由他一手建立的Melvin Capital，在短短幾天內，損失了近五十億美金，全是來自一支理應下跌，結果卻大漲特漲的股票，以及一群突然崛起的小股民……。
 
　　這是關於如同小蝦米的個人散戶們，群起對抗大鯨魚的故事，而這個龐然大物的角色，則是由對沖基金Melvin Capital、對沖基金之王史蒂夫．柯恩等金融巨頭與投資老手擔綱演出。在令人難以置信的四天內，這些富豪和華爾街券商，不得不努力重新理解這個猛然來臨的現實：一群在Reddit論壇的WallStreetBets版上聚集的男女，正在成為令人生畏的股市新勢力。
 
　　一切的引爆點正是GameStop，一間在快速變動的網購時代中艱難求生的實體連鎖店。而點燃戰火的WallStreetBets，起先只是個充斥迷因、可以自由發表投資心得的地方，直到其中有人注意到了這家遊戲零售商，並疾呼用行動挑戰華爾街的做空交易，掀起了這場令人瞠目結舌的軋空風暴。
 
　　暢銷書《比特幣富豪》、電影《社群網戰》原著作者班．梅立克，帶來了一部讓人熱血沸騰的著作，寫下這個金融史上無法被忘記的一週裡，最戲劇性的時刻、被低估的英雄人物們，以及我們將由此迎向什麼樣的未來。

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　　From one of our most innovative and celebrated authors, the definitive take on the wildest story of the year— the David-vs.-Goliath GameStop short squeeze, a tale of fortunes won and lost overnight that may end up changing Wall Street forever.

　　Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls on a subreddit called WallStreetBets took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the establishment.

　　It’s the story of financial titans like Gabe Plotkin of hedge fund Melvin Capital, one of the most respected and staid funds on the Street, billionaires like Elon Musk, Steve Cohen, Mark Cuban, Robinhood co-CEOs Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, and Ken Griffin of Citadel Securities. Over the course of four incredible days, each in their own way must reckon with a formidable force they barely understand, let alone saw coming: everyday men and women on WallStreetBets like nurse Kim Campbell, college student Jeremy Poe, and the enigmatic Keith “RoaringKitty” Gill, whose unfiltered livestream videos captivated a new generation of stock market enthusiasts.

　　The unlikely focus of the battle: GameStop, a flailing brick-and-mortar dinosaur catering to teenagers and outsiders that had somehow held on as the world rapidly moved online. At first, WallStreetBets was a joke—a meme-filled, freewheeling place to share shoot-the-moon investment tips, laugh about big losses, and post diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in GameStop—and rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight.

I　　n thrilling, pulse-pounding prose, THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK offers a fascinating, never-before-seen glimpse at the outsize personalities, dizzying swings, corporate drama, and underestimated American heroes and heroines who captivated the nation during one of the most volatile weeks in financial history. It’s the amazing story of what just happened—and where we go from here.