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PREDICTION MARKETS HAVE ARRIVED: Bloomberg columnist shames India’s government FOR NOT USING prediction markets to forecast demand.

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

WOW. This is big. Andy Mukherjee: [...] Finally, demand estimation is too important to be left entirely to experts. Companies such as Google Inc. are harnessing the power of prediction markets — which gather information from a large number of … Continue reading →

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Good news: The BetFair blog now features a prediction market column. — Bad news: Their columnist is an anonymous writer with long hair… and dubious skills.

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

How low can BetFair go with their so-called blog? They are descending so low that they may find out oil in the Hammersmith undergrounds. – Good news: They have a new columnist who tries to apply the prediction market approach. … Continue reading →

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My understanding was that she wasn’t Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, so I don’t know exactly what experiences she’s claiming.

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Barak Obama on Hillary Clinton. Everybody laughed. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (in a November column) continues: Hillary [Clinton] did not show good judgment in her areas of influence — the legal fiefdom, health care and running oppo-campaigns against … Continue reading →

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New York Times columnist Roger Cohen outputs a completely imbecile Op-Ed on the wisdom of crowds and Media Predict.

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Is There Wisdom in Crowds? $$$ Free version here, via George Tziralis. Nowhere does Roger Cohen talk about the information aggregation mechanisms and compare them. Useless prose. Give us more of Steve Levitt instead.

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PODCAST: New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki on the wisdom of crowds

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via the Inkling blogger, BNET. His interview starts at the middle of the podcast.

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Can Prediction Markets Help Eliminate Poverty?

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Michael Strong

In the 19th century, classical liberal thinkers such as William Graham Sumner were clear about the institutions that had produced the amazing increases in the standard of living which were taking place at the time: “Some men have been found … Continue reading →

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Jim Cramer’s Market Manipulation 101

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Jim Cramer: The Least I Owe You By Jim Cramer RealMoney.com Columnist 3/22/2007 6:29 AM EDT You may have seen some articles the past several days attacking me about an interview I gave recently where I discussed the kinds of … Continue reading →

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This is a really tough decision. War may well be the right decision at this point. In fact, I think it–it’s–it–it probably is.

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

So said Time columnist Joe Klein just before the Iraq war. And now, Joe Klein pretends that he was all against this Iraq war from day one. Joe Klein is just the latest of the so-called “MSN” pundits caught red-handed … Continue reading →

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