Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Beeb will reduce its coverage about horse racing.

The BBC will put up more Formula One, instead. -

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Is the Earth on the brink of entering another Ice Age?

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The Open Institute Of Prediction Markets

This post is for hosting comments about my mass e-mail on the Open Institute Of Prediction Markets.

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Cass Sunstein is too much.

Orin Kerr: Cass [Sunstein] currently writes about 120 law review articles a year, all of which place in top journals, amounting to about 30% of the total placed articles in those journals. – Via Bo Cowgill – Previously: Part One … Continue reading

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The Oracle, with Max Keiser

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The Oracle, with Max Keiser — BBC World News

The Oracle (“a satirical look into the future”), with Max Keiser, on BBC World News. I have just watched the first edition of this TV show. There is no mention of collective intelligence and prediction markets, alas. The format of … Continue reading

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The skeptics of the prediction markets are delighted by the Erikson–Wlezien and Lee–Moretti research papers.

Niall O’Connor builds a case against the prediction markets. The social utility of the prediction markets is not apparent to him. -

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A FRIEND OF THE PREDICTION MARKETS IN THE WHITE HOUSE — Part 4

Previously: Part One – Part Two – Part Three – Cass Sunstein has just been featured in the print edition of NewsWeek. Web spot. -

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A FRIEND OF THE PREDICTION MARKETS IN THE WHITE HOUSE — Part 3

Previously: Part One – Part Two – Ezra Klein: CASS SUNSTEIN PREPARES TO NUDGE. There’s some confusion over a celebrity thinker like Cass Sunstein being appointed to head an office as obscure and bureaucratic as the Office of Information and … Continue reading

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How to subscribe to Midas Oracle via Google Reader

- Getting Started with Google Reader – Reading Feeds with Google Reader – Sharing Items with Google Reader – The Midas Oracle Feeds – - For people who want to read all the Midas Oracle blog posts within their feed … Continue reading

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