Midas Oracle .ORG » Resources – References http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Knowns and unknowns of the 2012 presidential elections — [LINK] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/11/10/knowns-and-unknowns-of-the-2012-presidential-elections-link/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/11/10/knowns-and-unknowns-of-the-2012-presidential-elections-link/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:58:37 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=27408 Continue reading →]]> “We gather information from a variety of sources (some of which are themselves information aggregators), including prediction markets, polls, web search, social activity, games, and historical precedent, and combine it together to produce a Consensus Prediction that is as unbiased, accurate, and timely as we can possibly make it.”

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/signal/

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/11/10/knowns-and-unknowns-of-the-2012-presidential-elections-link/feed/ 0 PredictWise — [LINK] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/07/16/predictwise-link/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/07/16/predictwise-link/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:55:48 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=25867 Continue reading →]]> A blog on market-generated predictions:

PredictWise aggregates, analyzes, and creates predictions on politics, sports, finance, and entertainment. We created PredictWise because we thought it would be interesting and informative for people to better understand the likelihood of certain major events occurring, and to have that information presented in a manner that is easy to comprehend. This website is managed by David M. Rothschild and Andrew S. Leonard.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/07/16/predictwise-link/feed/ 0 The Five Dysfunctions of Leadership — [BOOK] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/30/the-five-dysfunctions-of-leadership-book/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/30/the-five-dysfunctions-of-leadership-book/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:33:40 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=25511

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/30/the-five-dysfunctions-of-leadership-book/feed/ 0 Steve Randy Waldman wants to create a bloggers’ think tank. — [IDEA] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/01/steve-randy-waldman-kauffman-foundation/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/01/steve-randy-waldman-kauffman-foundation/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:58:20 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24077 Good idea put up by Steve Waldman at the Econ Blog Forum.

I am all for.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/01/steve-randy-waldman-kauffman-foundation/feed/ 0 Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum — [WEBCAST] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/01/kauffman-economics-bloggers-forum-webcast/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/01/kauffman-economics-bloggers-forum-webcast/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:00:50 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24064 The Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum will be Webcast live

from 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT

on Friday, April 1, 2011

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/01/kauffman-economics-bloggers-forum-webcast/feed/ 0 2 academic sites worth bookmarking — [LINKS] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/29/2-academic-sites-worth-bookmarking-links/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/29/2-academic-sites-worth-bookmarking-links/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:40:23 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24006 http://thinkquarterly.co.uk/

http://theconversation.edu.au/

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/29/2-academic-sites-worth-bookmarking-links/feed/ 0 Internet-based encyclopedia Wikipedia is 10 years old. – [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/02/08/wikipedia-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/02/08/wikipedia-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:34:05 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=23081 Jimmy Wales:

What he thinks of Quora at 7:30… he doesn’t think much of it:

ADDENDUM: Jimmy Wales on the “wisdom of crowds”:

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/25/wikipedia-editorial-judgement-censorship-on-wikipedia-jimmy-wales/feed/ 0 The Best Economics Blogs http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/01/the-best-economics-blogs/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/01/the-best-economics-blogs/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:34:48 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=22666 WSJ.

Congrats to Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution —and all the other ones cited. {They forgot Freakonomics.}

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/01/01/the-best-economics-blogs/feed/ 0 BetFair’s Mark Davies is (finally) blogging. http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/01/28/betfair-mark-davies-blog/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/01/28/betfair-mark-davies-blog/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:38:52 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=20307 Two years ago, I wrote that the man should go blogging. Done. Finally.

A view from opposite Harrods –> http://markxdavies.blogspot.com/

Truly interesting. Bookmark. Subscribe. Read.

Via Crowded Voice

UPDATE: And he tweets too.

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