The CFTC is going to close the comments in 12 days. We have 12 days left to convince the CFTC to accept FOR-PROFIT prediction exchanges, and counter the evil petition organized by the American Enterprise Institute (which has on its payroll Paul Wolfowitz, the bright masterminder of the Iraq war).
Chris F. Masse June 25th, 2008
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THE MIDAS ORACLE TAKES:
- COMMENTS TO THE CFTC: What to expect from Tom W. Bell and Jason Ruspini
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BACKGROUND INFO:
- CFTC’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts… notably how they define “event markets”, how they are going to extend their “exemption” to other IEM-like prediction exchanges, and how they framed their questions to the public. Here are the comments sent to the CFTC.
- The Arnold & Porter lawyers explain the meaning of the CFTC’s concept release on “event markets”. — (PDF file)
- What Vernon Smith told the CFTC.
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APPENDIX:
Paul Wolfowitz’s profile at the American Enterprise Institute
- How the neo-cons drove the United States of America into the unecessary Iraq war
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- Analysis (Industry) , Regulations
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