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Why the global stock market crash doesn't really matter

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
Another jittery day on Wall Street. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Stocks, which only recently were hitting a new record practically every other day, suddenly seem to be in free fall. Or at least on a very wild ride.

Global stock markets plunged on Feb. 5, continuing the already precipitous decline from the week before. The Dow Jones industrial average,...

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