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Knowns and unknowns of the 2012 presidential elections — [LINK]

“We gather information from a variety of sources (some of which are themselves information aggregators), including prediction markets, polls, web search, social activity, games, and historical precedent, and combine it together to produce a Consensus Prediction that is as unbiased, … Continue reading

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Dan Yergin says the global supply of oil and gas has risen in the last 20 years, defying the predictions of ‘peak oil’ theorists. — [VIDEO]

[Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it.] Via MG.

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PredictWise — [LINK]

A blog on market-generated predictions: PredictWise aggregates, analyzes, and creates predictions on politics, sports, finance, and entertainment. We created PredictWise because we thought it would be interesting and informative for people to better understand the likelihood of certain major events … Continue reading

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Saving ocean fisheries with property rights — [VIDEO]

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2 academic sites worth bookmarking — [LINKS]

http://thinkquarterly.co.uk/ http://theconversation.edu.au/

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Who should you follow on Twitter?

Tyler Cowen asks, “Who should I follow on Twitter?“. – Don’t follow people who talk about their private life. (e.g., Jed Christiansen) – Don’t follow people who tweet too much. (e.g., Guy Kawasaki) – Follow people who publish either good … Continue reading

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How to create a set of prediction markets on HubDub

Question Guidelines: All the questions on Hubdub are created by users. To make sure the standard of questions is high for everyone we void questions that don’t fit our guidelines. If you have a question you’d like to ask but … Continue reading

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The updated listing of blogs on prediction markets

The full list: Andrew “Bert” Black — Category: “BetFair“ Ask Markets Ashish Singal Betdaq Exchange Views Betting @ BetFair Betting Market Bo Cowgill — Category: “prediction markets” Caveat Bettor — Category: “prediction markets“ Chris Hibbert — Category: “prediction markets“ Consensus … Continue reading

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IIF’s SIG on Prediction Markets

http://www.marketsforforecasting.com/ now redirects to: http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/PM/ – I have listed Andreas Graefe’s sub-website everywhere —and I have also put the link here, at the bottom of our blog sidebar. (I’m too good, I know. ) Best wishes to him. -

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