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The article explores how capitalism interacts with democracy, emphasizing the tension where capitalists both rely on and undermine democratic institutions and regulations to maintain their economic interests, occasionally favoring authoritarian approaches when they perceive democratic governance.

Only about 53% of all trading in January was done on exchanges, while the rest involved wholesalers and broker-run trading venues known as dark pools, Mr. Gensler said. Mr. Gensler suggested that individual investors might get better prices if more trading were done on public exchanges. Keywords: Motor Vehicles; Passenger Cars; Retail/Wholesale; Specialty Retailing; Hobby/Toy/Game Stores; Trusts/Funds/Financial Vehicles; Financial Investment Services; Securities/Commodity Exchange Activities; Film/Video Exhibition; Alternative Investments EN Motor Vehicles Passenger Cars Retail/Wholesale Specialty Retailing Hobby/Toy/Game Stores Trusts/Funds/Financial Vehicles Financial Investment Services Securities/Commodity Exchange Activities Film/Video Exhibition Alternative Investments N.PAG N.PAG 1 06/11/21 20210610 NES 210610 Chairman Gary Gensler says focus is on pricing incentives that exchanges and high-speed traders use to attract orders The regulator is looking at pricing incentives that exchanges and high-speed traders use to attract orders, Chairman Gary Gensler said. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opened the possibility of approving private trading venue IEX Group Incorporated's bid to become a stock exchange. With the expected approval, the SEC would effectively sanction IEX's speed bump, a feature that pauses incoming orders for 350 microseconds, could encourage innovative ways to address market structure issues, and give IEX's allies and opponents another chance to express opinion on the design of IEX's market.