Monthly Archives: June 2011

Once again, Robin Hanson exaggerates the usefulness of the prediction markets. — [ANALYSIS]

InTrade’s prediction markets on the recent Arab revolutions didn’t bring anything interesting in our understanding of the Middle East. Robin Hanson’s insistence is absurd.

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Prediction Post-Mortem | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

BetFair loses CEO, buys back shares… and increases premium charges on big traders. — [LINK]

Guardian: Share buybacks are a popular tactic for mature businesses and are typically employed when companies cannot think of efficient ways of deploying spare cash. However, Betfair was sold to investors in October as a company that had strong growth … Continue reading

Posted in Business, Exchange & Market Management, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Market Transaction Costs | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Iceland shows defaulters are forgiven. — [LINK]

Daniel Gross. His twitter.

Posted in Finance, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why does InTrade offer gold contracts to US customers when they signed a 2005 agreement with the CFTC not to offer commodity options to US customers? — [DOCUMENT]

InTrade does it. (Hat tip to a MO reader.) InTrade wasn’t authorized to trade yearly contracts. Do you, guys, have an explanation on why InTrade does it anyway? Release: 5124-05 For Release: October 4, 2005 U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION … Continue reading

Posted in Exchange & Market Management, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Regulations | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Internet “non-gambling” in D.C. — [LINK]

Nelson Rose.

Posted in Betting, Gambling, Regulations | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Five Dysfunctions of Leadership — [BOOK]

-

Posted in Business Administration, Individual Intelligence - Anti Consensus, Philosophy, Resources - References | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Google+ is just another Google Wave: Cool, but too complex. — [LINK]

Evaluation. Conclusion.

Posted in Inventions & Innovations | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Terry Gilliam’s Lost in La Mancha — [VIDEO]

Lost in La Mancha @Wikipedia.

Posted in Films - Movies, Humor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bloomberg TV profiles Charles and David Koch. — [VIDEO]

Bloomberg TV profiles Charles and David Koch.

Posted in Business, People, Philanthropy, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cold fusion scientist publishes harsh criticism of Andrea Rossi’s approach. — [VIDEO + LINK]

- Steven B. Krivit’s report. He criticizes Andrea Rossi, but also says he will have interesting news about another Italian team working on cold fusion (LENR).

Posted in Inventions & Innovations, Research, Science | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment