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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The Onion Futures Act is a United States law banning the trading of futures contracts on onions as well as "motion picture box office receipts" Lol. Wut? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) in 1956 some guy sneakily trough shell companys and such stuff, used the futures market to controll 98% of the onion suply and screwed over a lot of people. the onion futures act was the goverments absolute brilliant idea for a fix. i have no idea what the box office receipts thing is about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yeah no, I get the Onion thing, it's usually taught in collegiate finance courses... but the Box Office thing threw me off. Apparently the MPAA lobbied to have it added. I am just amused that it's attached to Onion Law. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago From a couple minutes on Wikipedia, it was added to the law as part of Dodd-Frank in 2010, which overhauled the US financial system after the recession. The MPAA lobbied heavily on it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) in 1956 some guy sneakily trough shell companys and such stuff, used the futures market to controll 98% of the onion suply and screwed over a lot of people. the onion futures act was the goverments absolute brilliant idea for a fix. i have no idea what the box office receipts thing is about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yeah no, I get the Onion thing, it's usually taught in collegiate finance courses... but the Box Office thing threw me off. Apparently the MPAA lobbied to have it added. I am just amused that it's attached to Onion Law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago Yeah no, I get the Onion thing, it's usually taught in collegiate finance courses... but the Box Office thing threw me off. Apparently the MPAA lobbied to have it added. I am just amused that it's attached to Onion Law. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago From a couple minutes on Wikipedia, it was added to the law as part of Dodd-Frank in 2010, which overhauled the US financial system after the recession. The MPAA lobbied heavily on it permalink fedilink source parent
