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Harvard Ec10 Walkout — [VIDEO]

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

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 | Leave a comment

They are using prediction markets to forecast what…???…

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- “to predict the likelihood of breast cancer drugs succeeding through the three phases of drug clinical trials.” – to “help doctors and patients gain insights into the safety and efficacy of specific drugs at the early stages of clinical … Continue reading →

Posted in Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged betting markets, Collective Forecasting, CrowdCast, event derivative markets, Harvard, information aggregation, MIT, Pharmer's Market, prediction markets | Leave a comment

Yet another prediction market newbie who should be meeting with Robin Hanson one on one to get a little injection about conditional prediction markets and how they could be useful for BOTH private decision makers AND public policy makers.

Posted on July 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Lewis Sheperd (the Chief Technology Officer of Microsoftâ€™s Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments): Indeed, it appears to me that [prediction markets] are growing not from corporate or government use, but mostly organically from within academia, stock-futures circles and political-junkie … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Collective Decision Making, Collective Forecasting, Consulting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged AND, chief technology officer, Collective Decision Making, companies, corporate prediction markets, enterprise prediction markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, General Electric, Google, governments, Harvard, Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, internal prediction markets, Lewis Sheperd, Microsoft's Institute for Advanced Technology, Microsoftâ€™s Institute for Advanced Technology in Gove, prediction markets, private prediction markets, Robin Hanson | 2 Comments

LET’S REVISIT HISTORY: In May 2007, Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughed in Paul Wolfowitzâ€™s face.

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BACKGROUND INFO: Kenneth Rogoff is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Harvard University. – May 2007′s Blog Post: INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the Paul Wolfowitz event derivatives at InTrade-TradeSports?? – - … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Humor, Politics | Tagged Alberto Gonzalez, American Enterprise Institute, Asia, Bank President, Brookings Institution, Bush, Bush administration, deputy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Finance, finance minister, Harvard, Harvard University, Heritage Foundation, important international development agency, insider trading, internet browsers, InTrade, Iraq, Kenneth Rogoff, New Zealander Graeme, Paul Wolfowitz, prediction markets, President, President of the World, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, Republican Party, Shaha Riza, South Africa, TradeSports, Trevor Manuel, United States, United States Of America, US Attorney General, White House, World Bank, World Bank Internal Investigations Unit, World Bank Staff, Zealander Graeme Wheeler | Leave a comment

Harvard fella says prediction markets are doomed.

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

He bases his brilliant reasoning on “rumors” and total ignorance of the participation inequality law. Another academic fella who would be better off researching his topic before blogging on something he does not master. -

Posted in Analysis (Meta) | Tagged event derivative markets, event derivatives, Harvard, Market Liquidity, participation, participation inequality law, prediction markets | 3 Comments

Enterprise prediction markets now part of Harvard MBA.

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Managing in the Information Age – (Spot the Google mention.) – A course by Andrew McAfee Via our good friend George Tziralis of AskMarkets

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Andrew McAfee, corporate prediction markets, enterprise prediction markets, George Tziralis, Google, Harvard, internal prediction markets, private prediction markets | Leave a comment

Are the Hollywood Stock Exchange numbers audited by an external organization?

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Harvard Crimson (on Anita Elberse’s work): Since its founding in 1996 [by Max Keiser and Michael Burns], HSX has had 1.7 million registered traders, according to Costakis. Each day, between 15,000 and 20,000 people use the site, racking up … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity | Tagged Anita Elberse, Harvard, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, Michael Burns, prediction markets | Leave a comment

EJSS-selected short list of news articles, research papers and books on prediction markets

Posted on June 16, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

NewsFutures: — Media Coverage The CEO Guide To Prediction Markets (Latest case studies + tip sheet + podcast) by Rachael King, July 7 2006 How to Decide? Create a Market by Michael Totty, June 19, 2006 The Crowd Knows Best … Continue reading →

Posted in Resources - References | Tagged Ajit Kambil, Alix Nyberg Stuart, author, Barbara Kiviat, Bill Saporito, CEO, decision support systems, EJSS, Eric Van Heck, Guide To Prediction, Hal Varian, Harvard, Harvard Business School Press, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, IEEE Intelligent Systems, James Hall, James M. Pethokoukis, James Surowiecki, Jim Giles, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Michael Totty, Online Auctions, prediction markets, Rachael King, Robert Hof, Robin Hanson, Serena Altschul, the Diane Rehm Show | Leave a comment

Leak false information to the media, sell the event derivative on InTrade-TradeSports?????

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Bo Cowgill, Foreign Policy (which brought us the fake Wolfo memo last month): [...] In theory, a quiet, dispersed buy of these very cheap contracts coupled with a well-timed leak could be a quick way to get some cash … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Alex Forshaw, Hamas, Harvard, insider trading, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Israel, Kenneth Rogoff, New York Times, Palestinian Authority, Paul Wolfowitz, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, reporter, WORLD BANK MEMO | Leave a comment

New York Times’ Maureen Dowd laughs in Paul Wolfowitz’s face.

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

New York Times’ Maureen Dowd is helping Paul Wolfowitz building his new rÃ©sumÃ©: Work Experience President of World Bank: 2005-2007 Responsibilities: Reining in European lefties, raining tax-free money on Arab girlfriend, and giving anti-corruption efforts a bad name. Achievements: Paralyzed … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Humor, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics | Tagged Ahmad Chalabi, American intelligence, Deputy Secretary of Defense for President George W. Bush, George W. Bush, Harvard, insider trading, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Iraq, Kenneth Rogoff, malaria, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Paul Wolfowitz, President, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, Turkey, WORLD BANK MEMO | Leave a comment

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