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Tag Archives: Arabs
Once again, Robin Hanson exaggerates the usefulness of the prediction markets. — [ANALYSIS]
InTrade’s prediction markets on the recent Arab revolutions didn’t bring anything interesting in our understanding of the Middle East. Robin Hanson’s insistence is absurd.
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Prediction Post-Mortem
Tagged Algeria, Arab countries, Arabs, Bahrain, bets, Betting, betting markets, bettors, Egypt, event derivative markets, event derivatives, forecasting, forecasts, InTrade, Libya, Politics, predicting, prediction markets, Predictions, Robin Hanson, traders, trading, Tunisia, world politcs, Yemen
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“Rude and denigrating” free speech against Islam, “on the edge of what is allowed”, is officially allowed in Holland (the Netherlands). — [NEWS + VIDEO]
Criticizing Islam harshly (‘Islam is violent by nature, so let’s ban Muslim immigration and the Koran’) does not meet the definition of criminal speech in the Dutch country. – Geert Wilders cleared of hate charges by Netherlands court. – Anti-Islamist … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Arabs, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch, Dutch politics, free speech, Freedom, Geert Wilders, Holland, immigrants, immigration, Islam, Koran, liberty, Middle East, Muslims, Netherlands, Politics, Qur'an, religion, religions, Theo van Gogh
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Emmanuel Todd predicted the Arab Spring by looking at demo data. — [VIDEO IN FRENCH]
Emmanuel Tood @ Wikipedia – Tyler Cowen has a book review. Sorry, it is only in French, but I hope it gets translated on the Web
Posted in Economics, Politics, Research, The Global Economy
Tagged Arab countries, Arab Spring, Arabs, data, democracy, demographics, Economics, Emmanuel Todd, Politics
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Arab Revolt Prediction Markets – {Predictions for next Arab country to revolt} – {Which country is the next ‘domino’?} – {What will happen in the Middle East & Northern Africa?} – [PREDICTION MARKET CHARTS]
Predictions for next Arab country to revolt: Libya — Muammar al-Gaddafi – [5 spellings: Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Gadhafi, Khadafy and Khadafi]: Bahrain — Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah: Yemen — Ali Abdullah Saleh: Iran — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran — Seyed Ali Hoseyni … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Genesis, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged Ali Abdullah Saleh, Arab countries, Arabs, Bahrain, bets, Betting, betting markets, bettors, event derivative markets, event derivatives, forecasting, forecasts, Gaddafi, Gadhafi, InTrade, Iran, Khadafi, Khadafy, Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah, Libya, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Politics, predicting, prediction markets, Predictions, Qaddafi, Seyed Ali Hoseyni KhÄmene’i, traders, trading, world politcs, Yemen
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The liberation of the Arab countries will ultimately lead to a war with Israel. – [PREDICTION]
Ron Brownstein: [...] Egyptian public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile toward both countries. In Pew’s 2010 global survey, just 17 percent of Egyptians expressed a favorable view of the United States; that tied with Pakistan and Turkey for the lowest rating … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Arabic countries, Arabs, Egypt, Israel, Muslims, Politics, United States Of America, USA
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Watch this one-minute video: Egyptian protesters film themselves with their smartphones, and then upload to YouTube. Who needs the traditional mass media, anymore? – [VIDEO]
After Tunisia, Egypt. Then, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Iraq, etc.
Posted in Inventions & Innovations, News, Politics
Tagged Algeria, Arabs, cameras, citizen jounalism, citizen journalists, citizen media, democraty, Egypt, films, human rights, jourmalism, journalists, Libya, Media, movies, Muslims, People, republic, revolutions, The Internet, Tunisia, videos, world-wide web, YouTube
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