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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Peter Schiff on Max Keiser’s The Oracle
With this 6th episode, The Oracle is finally out of beta. The show is now well structured. It is both informative and entertaining —and it has rhythm and style. The TV show has 3 parts, as you all know, and … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Finance, Humor, The Global Economy
Tagged banks, BBC, BBC World, BBC World News, crisis, Finance, Financial Markets, global economy, Max Keiser, Peter Schiff, The Oracle, TV shows, US banks, US economy, Wall Street
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Twisted But Valuable Comment Of The Day — Growthology Edition
Posted in Politics
Tagged free-market principle, George Mason University, GMU, Growthology, libertarians, markets, Politics, prediction markets
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Robert E. Litan, Vice President for Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged Kauffman Foundation, Robert E. Litan, Robert Litan, videos
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A good blog on prediction markets
Justin Wolfers, Jed Christiansen and Caveat Bettor have all quit blogging on prediction markets. Besides Midas Oracle, the only good prediction market blog left is: – Wiser Than The Crowd by Jesse Livermore (pseudo of an InTrade trader) I would … Continue reading
Posted in Resources - References
Tagged InTrade, Jesse Livermore, Open Media, prediction markets, Wiser Than The Crowd
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The hype is over. The party is over. — Part V
InTrade’s play-money spinoffs have disintegrated into cyberspace. Even the one run by the Wall Street Journal and opportunistically pumped up and over-hyped by Justin Wolfers. I told my readers from day one that those spinoffs were not the real McCoy. … Continue reading
Nate Silver is the #15 “Web Celebrity”.
- No prediction market people on that list. -
US Court (State of Washington) says it is not gambling if you have the option to renege on the bet.
Nick Jenkins’ Betcha (a peer-to-peer betting site, a.k.a. betting exchange or prediction exchange) was not aiding and abetting the transactions of illegal betting. That’s what the Washington Court of Appeals has just ruled: Because losers always had the right to … Continue reading
Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged America, Betcha, Betting, Gambling, Internet betting, Internet gambling, laws, Nick Jenkins, Regulations, United States Of America, USA
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Upgrading WordPress in 2 simple steps
2.7.1 is out. (Reminder: WordPress is an open-source software package that powers most of the serious blogs, out there.) Upgrading is so easy, now, that David Pennock has no excuses for postponing the upgrading of his tiny little blog. It … Continue reading