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

Written by Chris F. Masse on July 23, 2008 — 1 Comment

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.
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The CFTC decisions are politically sensible in 4 areas:

The CFTC will never allow real-money prediction markets on sports. That’s too close to gambling, for some critics. [...]

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

Written by Guest Author on July 24, 2007 — 1 Comment

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 consider themselves part of the ICES program, it is being sent to all students on this list server because I have [...]

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