Whales decry the casino economy

Remember Hometown Deli? It’s the squat cinderblock New Jersey sandwich shop that is publicly traded and raised $2.5m on a $100m valuation, based on $35k in annual revenue. It was the source of much puzzlement and mirth last month.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/16/where-it-hurts/#hometown

Since then, there’s been a lot of financial sleuthing to figure out what this “company” is —…