Vernon Smith on the housing bubble, Adam Smith, and libertarianism — [VIDEO]
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
CERN scientists are gagged from discussing the close correlation between cosmic ray penetration and temperature. — [CHART + VIDEO]
MSNBC female journalist trying to ‘educate’ a US Congressman: “Do you have a degree in economics?” – Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL): “Yes ma’am, I do. Highest honors.” — [VIDEO]
In Q1, the iPad was equal to 7% of the PC market. Now, it’s at 11%. — [LINK]
Apple stock today — [CHART]
Via Jason Ruspini.
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Carl Bernstein on Rupert Murdoch — [VIDEO]
After years of pretending being a prediction market consultant, Robin Hanson finally confesses nobody has ever cared about his stuff. – [LINK]
The Emperor of enterprise prediction markets is naked.
Robin Hanson:
I can confirm that this disinterest is real. For example, when I try to sell firms on internal prediction markets wherein employees forecast things like sales and project completion dates, such firms usually don’t doubt my claims that such forecasts are cheap and more accurate. Nevertheless, they usually aren’t interested.