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Robin Hanson, please, jot down “February 4, 2009″ in your Google Calendar.

O’Reilly’s Money:Tech 2009 – (one session about prediction markets) – New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2009-02-04~06 – Last year, Robin Hanson was invited as a speaker… but declined. Instead, our Master Of All Universes went to another conference, … Continue reading

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Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google — VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant) Blip.TV — (FLV file) – … Continue reading

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The network knows what the nodes don’t.

Roger Ehrenberg: Prediction markets and elections, run by Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth. Eric ran though a slew of data looking at sports and financial prediction markets and compared it to election prediction markets. Bottom line, sports and financial prediction markets … Continue reading

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A prediction market panel… where only 2 out of 5 are truly prediction market experts. What a nuclear joke. This poor line-up is the reflection of the poor state of the prediction market industry in the US… and the inherent mediocrity of the conference business.

by James Duncan Davidson

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O’Reilly – Money-Tech Conference

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