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- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
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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
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged academia, bets, Betting, betting markets, CFTC, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, Economics, Eric Zitzewitz, event derivative markets, event derivatives, events, forecasting, Jason Ruspini, laws, Politics, predicting, prediction markets, real-money prediction markets, Regulations, Research
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The Price of Civilization — [VIDEO]
Via our good friend Paul Hewitt.
Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street — [VIDEO]
Posted in Economics, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged capitalism, Economics, economy, Freedom, libertarianism, liberty, markets, Occupy Wall Street, Peter Schiff, Politics, US economy, US politics
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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:
Posted in Politics
Tagged Economics, Harvard, Harvard University, N. Gregory Mankiw, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, US politics
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How to silence a Nobel Prize winning economist: Ask him about the economy. — [VIDEO]
Posted in Economics, The Global Economy
Tagged Economics, economists, economy, expertise, Nobel Prize in Economics, Peter Schiff, US economy
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Best ever economics lesson — [VIDEO]
Delivered by Peter Schiff to Congress:
Posted in Economics, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged Economics, economists, economy, Freedom, libertarians, liberty, Peter Schiff, politcs, US economy, US politics, world economy
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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]
Posted in Economics, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged Business, capitalism, Economics, economy, Freedom, global economy, Government, governments, Jeffrey Miron, liberty, myth busting, myths, myths of capitalism, Politics, US economy, US politics
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What makes people tick at work? — [VIDEO]
Daniel Pink:
Posted in Economics, Individual Intelligence - Anti Consensus, Psychology
Tagged autonomy, Business, carrots and sticks, cognitive tasks, Dan Pink, Daniel Pink, Economics, human motivation, human motivations, incentives, leadership, management, mastery, mechanical tasks, Money, motivation, motivations, Psychology, purpose, task management
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