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Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]

Did Eric Zitzewitz read Dodd-Frank? Jason Ruspini: Unfortunately, election contracts and ALL event contracts appear to be prohibited by CFTC regulation 40.11, released in July 2011 as part of Dodd-Frank: “(a) Prohibition. A registered entity shall not list for trading … Continue reading

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Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]

Eric Zitzewitz: We are academic researchers who study prediction markets. We are writing in favor of allowing NADEX, or a similar entity, to offer a broad range of political and policy event futures, including the three they are currently proposing. … Continue reading

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The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]

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The Price of Civilization — [VIDEO]

Via our good friend Paul Hewitt.

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Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street — [VIDEO]

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Harvard Ec10 Walkout — [VIDEO]

Students walk out of Professor N. Gregory Mankiw’s Economics 10 class in solidarity with the Occupy Movement and Occupy Oakland:

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How to silence a Nobel Prize winning economist: Ask him about the economy. — [VIDEO]

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Best ever economics lesson — [VIDEO]

Delivered by Peter Schiff to Congress:

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Is being pro-business and pro-capitalism the same? Does capitalism generate an unfair distribution of income? Was capitalism responsible for the most recent financial crisis? — [VIDEO]

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What makes people tick at work? — [VIDEO]

Daniel Pink:

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