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Open Outcry
Trading stock online, or through a broker, may seem instantaneous – you hit send or hang up the phone and it’s done - but the person who actually pulls the trigger is a live human being in “the pit.” We’ve all seen this place on TV, where hordes of aggressive adrenaline junkies scream at the top of their lungs, waving pieces of paper. That’s how it still happens, despite all the technology. It’s an age old system called Open Outcry, and sound artist Ben Rubin, takes you right into the middle of it in this piece he produced for WNYC’s The Next Big Thing.
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