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Why Robin Hanson is right to freak out about the upcoming CFTC ruling on “event markets” (prediction markets)

Robin Hanson is trembling in his pants: Coming soon after speculators were blamed for rising commodity prices, I fear this is bad news for hopes for legal prediction markets anytime soon. – The CFTC decisions are politically sensible in 4 … Continue reading

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All GMU’s ICES faculty except Houser and McCabe are leaving to join Chapman University.

From: ECON-GRAD-L [mailto:XXXXXXXXX] On Behalf Of Ashley Boggs Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2007 2:05 a.m. To: ECON-GRAD-L@XXXXXX.gmu.edu Subject: A New Regime for ICES Students Importance: High Dear ICES Students: While this letter is for those economics PH. D. students who … Continue reading

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