Archive for the tag 'Felix Salmon'
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Chris F. Masse April 29th, 2008
If, like me, you weren’t invited at the Robin Hanson party, then here’s a way to catch up:
VIDEO of four economics bloggers on a panel at a conference organized by the Michael Milken Institute —among them Felix Salmon.
I watched 75% of it.
If you’re not a fan of Felix Salmon (as I am), or if you’re not deeply into blogging, you’ll find it boring —just like that 6-year-old kid in the Robin Hanson story.
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Chris F. Masse March 11th, 2008
[I]n the blogosphere, [] competition is a good thing, not a bad thing. I want other finance blogs to launch, the more the better. And I want them to be written by keener minds than mine. The more that happens, the more traffic I’ll get - that’s the way the conversation works. Other media don’t work like that: if I’m watching ABC, I’m not watching NBC. But blogs are different, and don’t operate according to that kind of zero-sum mathematics. [...]
Felix Salmon got it —once again.
David Perry, my good Lord, please take notes.
Sphere: Related ContentFelix Salmon slams Wall Street Journal’s Justin Wolfers —but not Chris Masse.
Chris F. Masse January 9th, 2008
[...] And thirdly, if you’re Justin Wolfers, it’s probably smart not to make unhedged statements saying that Barack Obama has “better than a nine-in-ten chance of winning” the New Hampshire primary. [...]
Previously: Prediction markets are forecasting tools of convenience that feed on advanced indicators.
Sphere: Related Content“What happens if you did an opinion poll, but instead of asking each individual how they intended to vote, you asked each individual what they thought the outcome of the election would be?”
Chris F. Masse November 10th, 2006
Felix Salmon (from the RGE Monitor):
The really irrational thing would seem to be why we still place so much faith in opinion polls. Opinion opinion polls would be much more accurate.
Prediction Market Forum:
Global Imbalances - (Start of the Thread = “DISCUSSION”) — NewsFutures and RGE Monitor
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