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Tag Archives: Open Organizations
Independent Institute’s weak blog post on prediction markets
I was happy to notice that the Independent Institute, the pro-market think tank that published Entrepreneurial Economics in 2002, featuring a Robin Hanson chapter on decision markets (and much else good), published a blog post titled Forget Polls: Look at … Continue reading
“I’ll make a $500 donation to the first think thank that makes an interesting, non-bogus use of real-money prediction markets before the end of 2007. I’ll be the judge of bogosity and interestingness, but I can say that a paper about prediction markets counts as uninteresting.”
Mike, My Good Lord, Would prediction market journalism (that is, showing to the normal people on the street that prediction markets can help understand better baseball games, or whatever else, on top of being fun and pure) fit your criteria … Continue reading
Think tanks that talk about prediction markets should walk the walk, as should institutions that laud the rigors of the market generally.
Dixit Mike linksvayer, last year. Once again, Mike Linksvayer is right on target. This guy is incredibly pertinent. Mike is one of my best sources of inspiration. Thanks to his two posts linked above, I’ll refine an idea of mine … Continue reading
??? charity-driven prediction markets OR social issue prediction markets ???
BOTH. But, contrary to what Lucy Berholtz thinks, the former will go further than the latter —in my view. – My thoughts about the Financial Times article on Bet2Give: I have said from day one that it’s a great idea. … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Philanthropy
Tagged Bet 2 Give, Bet2Give, charity, charity-driven prediction markets, Emile Servan-Schreiber, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Financial Times, Foundations, Lucy Berholtz, NewsFutures, Open Organizations, philanthopy, prediction markets, social issue prediction markets, social issues, the Financial Times, Tyler Cowen, United States
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