I like where you're going with this. Sen Kaufman's suggestion is the best I've heard yet.
Disallowing shorting on stocks that fall below X where X is a percentage of "market cap" would be ideal IMO. This would, of course, require an accurate and up-to-date accounting and reporting of each and every Co's share structure. You know, transparency.
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