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1. What has been the best InTrade prediction market ever? Has the ObamaCare prediction market at InTrade been “ahead of the commentary”?

   Written by Chris F. Masse on March 16, 2010 — 3 Comments

   Jason Ruspini (who feels that the health care reform proposal might well be adopted) wanna feedback from you, folks.

   Which InTrade prediction market(s) has/have been ahead of the Press (rather than the other way around)? What is/are the best (most divergent from the commentary, and correct) InTrade prediction market(s) in people’s memories?
   Do you sense that the [...]

   Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Predictions - Forecasts | Tagged accuracy, betting markets, event derivative markets, health care reform, InTrade, ObamaCare, Politics, prediction markets, US politics

2. Michael Lewis on CBS 60 Minutes: How the capitalism was almost destroyed by the capitalists in the Fall of 2008 – [VIDEO]

   Written by Chris F. Masse on March 15, 2010 — Leave a Comment

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   Watch CBS News Videos Online
   Part 2:
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   Felix Salmon review of Michael Lewis’s book, “The Big Short”.

   Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchanges & Markets, Finance, Financial Markets, History, The Global Economy | Tagged 2008 financial crisis, 60 minutes, banks, capitalism, capitalists, CBS 60 Minutes, credit, economic crisis, economy, Finance, financial crisis, Financial Markets, investment banks, Michael Lewis, stock markets, The Big Short, US banks, US economy, US financial markets, US stock market, Wall Street, world economy

3. Smarkets want you to believe that they are going after a much bigger betting market than BetFair’s one.

   Written by Chris F. Masse on March 12, 2010 — 1 Comment

   Their CTO (Hunter Morris) is the first to present in the video. Watch out for his slide on casual and social betting.

   Startups Rally – Part I – Elevator Pitches (4 of 4) from Plugg Conference on Vimeo.
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   External Link: Smarkets

   Posted in Betting, Exchanges & Markets, Gambling | Tagged BetFair, Betting, betting market, casual gambling, casual gaming, Gambling, Internet bettting, Internet gambling, Smarkets, social betting

4. PubSubHubbub + PuSHPress

   Written by Chris F. Masse on March 4, 2010 — Leave a Comment

   I have just installed the PuSHPress plugin, and this post is a test to see whether it works. If yes, this post should be indexed quickly by Google Reader (and other feed readers).
   Filed in “Real-Time Web“.
   UPDATE: I am so impressed, I could lay an egg. A brand-new post appears in Google Reader within seconds. I [...]

   Posted in Information Technology, Midas Oracle Administration, Search Engine Optimization | Tagged feed readers, feeds, Google Reader, Google Search, Information Technology, Midas Oracle, PubSubHubBub, PuSHPress, real-time Web, WordPress

5. BetFair forum Q&A – Tuesday, February 16, 2010

   Written by Chris F. Masse on February 19, 2010 — Leave a Comment

   BetFair forum Q&A – Tuesday, February 16, 2010
   Please, someone, send me the content at chrisfmasse *AT* gmail ^^dot^^ com. Thanks.
   UPDATE: Thanks to one of our readers, we got it. Click to read the whole thing.

   Posted in Exchanges & Markets | Tagged BetFair, BetFair Forum, Q&A

6. Economist Paul Krugman speaking at MIT about the 2007–2010 financial crisis – [VIDEO]

   Written by Chris F. Masse on February 17, 2010 — Leave a Comment

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   Posted in Economics, Finance, Financial Markets, History, The Global Economy | Tagged economic crisis, economy, financial crisis, Paul Krugman, US economy

7. Robin Hanson’s blah blah on futarchy (using conditional prediction markets to govern a country) — [VIDEO]

   Written by Chris F. Masse on February 11, 2010 — Leave a Comment

   Robin Hanson debates a Mencius Moldbug on prediction markets, decision markets, and… futarchy:

   Foresight 2010 debate: Futarchy from Monica Anderson on Vimeo.
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   Who cares about that Mencius Moldbug anyway?
   Previously.

   Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Meta), Collective Decision Making, Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged betting markets, conditional prediction markets, decision making, decision markets, event derivative markets, Foresight 2010, futarchy, governance, governing, governments, Mencius Moldbug, policy decisions, Politics, prediction markets, Robin Hanson

8. The United States and the European governments will default on their debt, eventually — dixit Marc Faber. [PREDICTIONS]

   Written by Chris F. Masse on February 11, 2010 — Leave a Comment

   Singapore is the safest.
   2:15 into

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   Via Joe Weisenthal

   Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Predictions - Forecasts, The Global Economy | Tagged debt, E.U., economic forecasts, economic predictions, economy, European Union, Finance, Financial Markets, forecasts, governments, Marc Faber, Predictions, public debt, United States, United States Of America, US economy, US government, USA

9. 2010 State of Entrepreneurship Address

   Written by Chris F. Masse on January 31, 2010 — Leave a Comment

   http://www.kauffman.org/

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   Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, startups

10. CrowdCast is an enterprise software platform that helps companies make better forecasts by tapping the knowledge stored in their employees.

    Written by Chris F. Masse on January 29, 2010 — Leave a Comment

    Interview

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    Posted in Analysis (Meta), Collective Forecasting, Consulting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged betting markets, Collective Forecasting, corporate prediction markets, CrowdCast, enterprise prediction markets, event derivative markets, internal prediction markets, prediction markets, private prediction markets