The self-serving blurbs that are published on the InTrade website’s header

Chris F. Masse October 6th, 2008

Koleman Strumpf, Professor of Economics, University of Kansas:

When people ask me who will win the next election, I say `Let me look at the price on InTrade. It is the best forecast I know.‘

Bill Saporito, Time Magazine:

On Dec. 11, 2003, InTrade’s contract on Saddam Hussein’s capture suddenly began to move. Two days later, Saddam was in custody.

Walter Deemer, Market Strategies and Insights:

I’ve been following political prediction markets on the leading prediction market, InTrade (www.intrade.com), since 2004.

Tom Gallagher, ISI Group:

The [InTrade] markets offer a great way to track the market-based consensus on political and current events. People put real money on the line in making predictions, which is better than snap judgments in opinion polls or no-stakes views of pundits.

John Tierney, The New York Times:

InTrade futures market —the greatest time-saving invention of this century.

Professor Robin Hanson, Professor of Economics, George Mason University:

Want straight answers on what will happen in politics and current events? Answers without partisan bias or wishful thinking? You can’t do much better than the prices at InTrade.

Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics:

For many people, InTrade is the king of the prediction markets.

Andy Serwer, Managing Editor, Fortune:

At Fortune we often write about the latest hot company, but it’s rare that we get a chance to introduce you to an entirely new market… InTrade is the only efficient market system around for investing in, well, almost anything.

David Leonhardt, Economics Reporter, The New York Times: