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Tag Archives: London School of Economics
An Inconvenient Truth – Al Gore’s movie
I just saw the DVD —and so did George Tziralis’ brother. The main points: The Keeling curve, measuring CO2 from the Mauna Loa Observatory. [See chart below.] The retreat of numerous glaciers is shown in before-and-after photographs (see Retreat of … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Antarctic, Antarctica, BetFair, climate change, George Tziralis, global warming, Greenland, InTrade, London School of Economics, Mauna Loa Observatory, Naomi Oreskes, Physics
Institute, prediction markets, United States, University of Bern
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HOW THE HELL CAN YOU TRUST A PREDICTION EXCHANGE THAT CAN’T SPELL CORRECTLY???
6 DAYS LATER, SAME TYPO: [*] There are 3 “C”s actually. Those Irish bozos are not even able to spell it correctly. –> UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). Look at the logo, below. UPDATE: They have corrected … Continue reading
InTrade are “aware”; BetFair are not.
David Pennock, the Yahoo! research scientist, in April 2007: One of the great things about InTrade (recently split from TradeSports) is that they are open to suggestions from wide-eyed academics. [...] Exactly. Previously: The London School of Economics chose InTrade-TradeSports … Continue reading
The London School of Economics chose InTrade-TradeSports over BetFair-TradeFair for floating event derivatives on global warming.
The London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), located at the center of London (nearby the Waterloo Bridge), chose not to partner with BetFair-TradeFair, the world’s #1 prediction exchange (betting exchange), located west of London (near the Hammersmith … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Analysis (Industry), Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice)
Tagged actor, Bali, BetFair, c, Chinese Communist Party, climate change, David Jack, energy intensive, global warming, greenhouse-gas emissions, Hammersmith Bridge, illegal market leader, InTrade, Ireland, Kyoto, London, London School of Economics, London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Perfomance, London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance, North America, prediction markets, Ralf Martin, storage technologies, UNFCCC, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Waterloo Bridge
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InTrade’s global warming prediction markets are more socially interesting than BetFair’s ones.
InTrade has just opened (and not publicized yet on their site feed) a set of global warming prediction markets —more exactly, event derivative markets on whether the world’s biggest national governments will soon agree to reduce CO2 emissions under the … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements
Tagged c, China, climate change, E.U., global warming, Google, India, InTrade, Japan, John Delaney, KING, London School of Economics, London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Perfomance, media sources, Mike Linksvayer, prediction markets, Ralf Martin, Russia, UNFCC Secretariat, UNFCCC, United Nations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United States, United States Congress, USD, Washington D.C.
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PREDICTION MARKET BLOGS: How many feed subscribers??
TAKEAWAY: #1. Very few readers do subscribe to our prediction market blogs using a (PC-based or Web-based) feed reader —although, on Midas Oracle, the number of subscribers is higher than the daily visitors coming directly from browser bookmarks (i.e., other … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Midas Oracle Statistics
Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Alan Jewell, Alex Forshaw, Alex Kirtland, David Pennock, David Perry, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Google, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Jason Ruspini, Jed Christiansen, John Delaney, London School of Economics, Niall O'Connor, Odd Head, PC, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Steve Roman, Tyler Cowen, Web-based feed subscribers, Yahoo!
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