Money that could be invested in real human activity is locked up and taken off the market by "gambling" not tied to production. Uncovered derivative and short selling positions take away actual cash from the capital markets where the actual real investment is competing for funds with the derivatives that are based on the companies own assets. These investments enable the tools which make market manipulation not tied to actual company performance possible, and profiting from bad performance is possible by those not even associated with the actual companies assets. Uncovered "gambling" (covered by gov), puts the government at risk by putting the financial markets ahead of the best interest of the overall population. It is easy to fail, why make it profitable, at the cost of the economy?
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