Category Archives: Economics

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

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Chris F. Masse

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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The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Chris F. Masse

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Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Chris F. Masse

Don Boudreaux rebuts Juston Wolfers’s wife, Betsey Stevenson. Funny and pertinent. Here’s the New York Times story on Apple.

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The Price of Civilization — [VIDEO]

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Via our good friend Paul Hewitt.

Posted in Economics, The Global Economy | Tagged America, American-style capitalism, capitalism, Economics, Jeffrey Sachs, The Earth Institute, The Price of Civilization, United States Of America | Leave a comment

Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street — [VIDEO]

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Economics, Politics, The Global Economy | Tagged capitalism, Economics, economy, Freedom, libertarianism, liberty, markets, Occupy Wall Street, Peter Schiff, Politics, US economy, US politics | Leave a comment

How to silence a Nobel Prize winning economist: Ask him about the economy. — [VIDEO]

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

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Best ever economics lesson — [VIDEO]

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Delivered by Peter Schiff to Congress:

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–> data science & predictive analytics <– — [INTERVIEW]

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

1. DATA MUNGING: slice and dice, transform, extract and work with data in a facile, fluid way. 2. DATA MODELING: taking a set of data and being able to develop a hypothesis about a pattern in the data and to … Continue reading →