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Prediction Markets

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

January 2008 Interview – MP3 file – - Justin Wolfers -

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Our good doctor EJSS laughs at the “Web 2.0″ concept on TechCrunch, but touts it as an essential part of the NewsFutures offerings on his website.

Posted on January 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures: [...] Also, the mere idea of a Web 2.0 makeover of prediction markets is laughable. To paraphrase a good ol’ song from the 90’s, prediction markets were web 2.0 before web 2.0 was cool. Yeah, but … Continue reading →

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Care to revise your statement, sir?

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Justin Wolfers: “In a few years, we may regard the second half of the 20th century as the aberration in which the press used polls rather than markets to track political races,” Justin Wolfers, a business professor at the University … Continue reading →

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Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) would free our prediction markets.

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

December 23, 2007: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) – Meet the Press – TRANSCRIPT VIDEO: MP4 – WMV AUDIO: MP3 Hurry up to download the video or audio file(s) above. Will stay up on their website only for one week. YouTube: … Continue reading →

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How US Senator Larry Craig managed to fool InTrade-TradeSports.

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Larry Craig left a voicemail for his lawyer Billy Martin at the wrong number just minutes before his press conference where he announced his “intent to resign“. MP3 file Yes, Billy, this is Larry Craig calling. You can reach me … Continue reading →

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Does thinly-traded HedgeStreet have a future?

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Options Insider (streamlined audio on the site – MP3 file): Mark Longo chats with Russell Andersson, co-founder of the on-line derivatives exchange HedgeStreet. Excerpt from my transcript of the Russell Andersson interview: “Building an exchange is challenging.” Be patient. … Continue reading →

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The Fed can stop a run on the banks, but it cannot control the speculative cycle…

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— a cycle built on psychology and misperceptions that has been sweeping much of the world for the last 10 or 12 years. [...] This is, of course, from mister “Irrational Exuberance”… prawf Robert Schiller, in the New York Times. … Continue reading →

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PODCAST INTERVIEW: Russell Andersson of HedgeStreet

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Options Insider (streamlined audio on the site – MP3 file): Mark Longo chats with Russell Andersson, co-founder of the on-line derivatives exchange HedgeStreet. – HedgeStreet’s Unique Approach To Binary Event Derivatives – HedgeStreet’s Struggle To Overcome The Stigma of … Continue reading →

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Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) wants Congress to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act (UIGEA) –a legislative decision that’s twice incurred the formal wrath of the World Trade Organization.

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

CNET News – MP3 file Previous: Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act (UIGEA)

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PODCAST: Robin Hanson on Prediction Markets

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson on Health… and… Prediction Markets – MP3 file – Conversation on prediction markets starts at 57:30 – Decision-aid markets, which could help public policy making; – DARPA’s PAM; – Internal prediction markets —they just scratched the subject, alas. … Continue reading →

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