Author Archives: Chris F. Masse

About Chris F. Masse

Founder and President of Midas Oracle

Why some people are more innovative — [VIDEO]

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Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]

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Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]

Did Eric Zitzewitz read Dodd-Frank? Jason Ruspini: Unfortunately, election contracts and ALL event contracts appear to be prohibited by CFTC regulation 40.11, released in July 2011 as part of Dodd-Frank: “(a) Prohibition. A registered entity shall not list for trading … Continue reading

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Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]

Eric Zitzewitz: We are academic researchers who study prediction markets. We are writing in favor of allowing NADEX, or a similar entity, to offer a broad range of political and policy event futures, including the three they are currently proposing. … Continue reading

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Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]

Read it all in the Wall Street Journal, plus watch the WSJ video.

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A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors — [VIDEO]

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The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]

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Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs — [VIDEO]

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Inside Apple — [VIDEO]

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Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]

- “Carried interests.” – 14%.

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