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Bloomberg TV profiles Charles and David Koch. — [VIDEO]

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Bloomberg TV profiles Charles and David Koch.

Posted in Business, People, Philanthropy, Politics | Tagged Bloomberg, Bloomberg TV, CATO, Cato Institute, Charles Koch, David Koch, Freedom, libertarianism, libertarians, liberty, Politics, Tea Party, US politics | Leave a comment

Big business’s support for the Obama administration’s health care reform is driven by “naked self-interest.” — Dixit Cato’s Michael Cannon.

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Michael F. Cannon is the Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies. U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Employers for a Healthy Economy coalition has released a new anti-health care reform ad: Facts about the health care bill:

Posted in Business, Politics | Tagged big business, Cato Institute, companies, corporations, Employers for a Healthy Economy, health care, health care reform, Michael Cannon, Michael F. Cannon, US Chamber Of Commerce, US health care reform | Leave a comment

Government-Run Health Care Will Cost Much More than the Politicians Are Telling You.

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Health Care Reform Prediction Markets Via Cato Embedded video from CNN Video -

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, betting markets, Cato Institute, event derivative markets, health care reform, InTrade, prediction markets, Reason | Leave a comment

Great visual (and conference) from the Cato Institute

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Politics | Tagged Cato Institute, The Rise Of The State, US politics | Leave a comment

Cato Handbook for Policymakers

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Cato Handbook for Policymakers Washington Post: A soup-to-nuts agenda to reduce spending, kill programs, terminate whole agencies and dramatically restrict the power of the federal government. Excellent. -

Posted in Politics | Tagged Cato Handbook for Policymakers, Cato Institute, Freedom, governments, libertarianism, liberty, US government, US politics | 1 Comment

What InTrade CEO John Delaney told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

John Delaney (CEO of InTrade) – (InTrade PDF file – CFTC PDF file): July 4th 2008 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Three Lafayette Centre 1155 21st Street NW Washington, DC 20581 U.S.A. Attention: Office of the Secretariat RE: â€œConcept Release … Continue reading →

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Midas Oracle keeps a list of 600+ external web links, and each of them is now automatically embedded into its text anchor.

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Here’s our list of links. Here’s the WordPress plugin I’m testing: Cross-Linker by Jan Hvizdak – Now, let’s test it. I’m writing a list of people and organizations, and the plugin will automatically embed a link into each text anchor: … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Midas Oracle Administration | Tagged blog, blogroll, Cato Institute, Cross-Linker, external links, external web links, Felix Salmon, Google, Jan Hvizdak, Justin Wolfers, links, Michael Giberson, Midas Oracle, New York Times, Odd Head, Prediction Market Industry Association, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, web links, WordPress | Leave a comment

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s tenure is more scandalous even than the mess he created by firing eight federal prosecutors.

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Cato Institute — — Slate.com: Congress could and should impeach Alberto Gonzales.

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Alberto Gonzales, attorney general, Cato Institute, Congress, United States | Leave a comment

Why Prohibitions on Internet Gambling Won’t Work.

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Koleman Strumpf

Op-Ed published by the Cato Institute – January 23, 2004 by Koleman Strumpf (Emphasis added by editor – Republished on Midas Oracle) With the steady rise of commercial activity on the Internet, Washington has been steadily moving toward a formal … Continue reading →

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