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Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]

Did Eric Zitzewitz read Dodd-Frank? Jason Ruspini: Unfortunately, election contracts and ALL event contracts appear to be prohibited by CFTC regulation 40.11, released in July 2011 as part of Dodd-Frank: “(a) Prohibition. A registered entity shall not list for trading … Continue reading

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Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]

Eric Zitzewitz: We are academic researchers who study prediction markets. We are writing in favor of allowing NADEX, or a similar entity, to offer a broad range of political and policy event futures, including the three they are currently proposing. … Continue reading

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Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]

- “Carried interests.” – 14%.

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Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]

The anti BHL:

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Drudge links directly to InTrade prediction markets, bypassing journalos. — [SCREENSHOT]

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How US laws are made — [INFOGRAPHICS]

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Should we repudiate the public debt? — [VIDEO]

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WikiLeaks: One Year Later — [VIDEO]

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From working on Wall Street… to occupy it. — [VIDEO]

From security broker to leader of the insurrection against bankers:

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The Shock Doctrine — [VIDEO]

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