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''. Faux explained that the title of the book was inspired by something he heard during a conference he was attending, " t wassomething I heard a

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guy say...and he was like, if the price goes up, it gets people excited. The more people will buy, then the price will go up more. And before you know it, like to the moon. And I thought that was kind of laughable. But I really think that's kind of what's been happening these last couple of years."

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