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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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- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
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- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
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- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: Middle East
“Rude and denigrating” free speech against Islam, “on the edge of what is allowed”, is officially allowed in Holland (the Netherlands). — [NEWS + VIDEO]
Criticizing Islam harshly (‘Islam is violent by nature, so let’s ban Muslim immigration and the Koran’) does not meet the definition of criminal speech in the Dutch country. – Geert Wilders cleared of hate charges by Netherlands court. – Anti-Islamist … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabs, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch, Dutch politics, free speech, Freedom, Geert Wilders, Holland, immigrants, immigration, Islam, Koran, liberty, Middle East, Muslims, Netherlands, Politics, Qur'an, religion, religions, Theo van Gogh
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The Case for Decrimininalization of Prediction Markets
[This article is cross-posted from Major Wager.] – A recent article in the prestigious academic journal Science (May 16, 2008, Vol 320, p. 877-8) once again makes the case for regulated prediction markets, more commonly known as “betting exchanges” to … Continue reading
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Pinching Adam Siegel’s nose… AGAIN.
Inkling Markets: What are some examples of public prediction markets? One of the first and oldest prediction markets [*] was run by the University of Iowa in 1998 [**] to predict the outcome of United States Presidential Elections. [***] In … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), History
Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, Ireland, Koleman Strumpf, Middle East, Paul Rhode, Pentagon, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, The University of Iowa, to forecast product, United States, US DoD, Wall Street, Washington Stock Exchange
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Meet the real oracle, Global Insight.
Global Insight: Global Insight provides the most comprehensive economic, financial, and political coverage of countries, regions, and industries available from any source—covering over 200 countries and spanning more than approximately 170 industries—using a unique combination of expertise, models, data, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Asia, Europe, Finance, Middle East, South America, USD
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Who could have masterminded the alleged manipulation of the Hillary Clinton prediction market???
Fortune: [...] [Haim] Saban wasn’t even interested in politics until he met Bill Clinton during his first term as President. The meeting was brief, but the friendship grew as Clinton made dozens of trips to California during his presidency. Clinton, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beverly Park, Bill Clinton, California, campaign-finance laws, chairman, Democratic National Committee, Democratic party, Denzel Washington, executive, fundraiser for Clinton, Haim Saban, head, Hillary Clinton, Middle East, New York, News Corp., Peter Chernin, pilot, President, principal, Quadrangle, qualified candidate, Reba McEntire, Rod Stewart, Steven Rattner, Steven Spielberg, Sumner Redstone, Sylvester Stallone, Terry McAuliffe, United States, USD, Viacom
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Pinching Adam Siegel’s nose… gently.
Inkling Markets: What are some examples of public prediction markets? One of the first and oldest prediction markets [*] was run by the University of Iowa in 1998 [**] to predict the outcome of United States Presidential Elections. [***] In … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Industry), History
Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Iowa, Ireland, Koleman Strumpf, Middle East, Paul Rhode, Pentagon, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, The University of Iowa, to forecast product, United States, US DoD, Wall Street, Washington Stock Exchange
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The mainstream media try to silence Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. It’s a giant conspiracy.
— The two-sentence excerpt run by NBC News (Brian Williams – Thursday, May 17, 2007): They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years. And then Alan Greenspan’s spouse cut Ron Paul abruptly to … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Brian Williams, Central Intelligence Agency, China, CNN, Donald Luskin, Gulf of Mexico, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, mainstream media, Mid-East terrorist, Middle East, NBC, Pat Buchanan, Reagan, Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani
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Have you ever read about the reasons they attacked us? They attack us because we’ve been over there.
Ron Paul. The Nation: Asked about his opposition to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Paul repeated his oft-expressed concern that instead of making the U.S. safer, U.S. interventions in the Middle East over the years have stirred up anti-American … Continue reading
Steve Sailer on the Paul Wolfowitz mess
Steve Sailer (the official Steve Levitt hater) in a comment on Marginal Revolution: Wolfowitz, as much as anybody, started one of the stupidest wars in history. It’s hardly surprising that the employees of the World Bank don’t want to be … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Harvard, insider trading, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Kenneth Rogoff, LE MONDE, Middle East, official, Paul Wolfowitz, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, Steve Levitt, Steve Sailer, WORLD BANK MEMO
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