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Michael Lewis on the four sets of players in the subprime mortgage market who had the foresight and gumption to short the riskiest mortgage deals: Steve Eisman of FrontPoint, Greg Lippmann at Deutsche Bank, three partners at Cornwall Capital, and Michael Burry of Scion Capital – [VIDEO]

The Big Short:

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Why don’t they use prediction markets to settle their Community Reinvestment Act dispute?

Barry Ritholtz versus John Carney

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Heartthrob Alec Baldwin discusses the global impact of the subprime crisis, as seen by ex-HSX Max Keiser. What’s next? Britney Spears disserting on Robin Hanson’s futarchy?

- Alec Baldwin Max Keiser – - On related news, our international Max Keiser is brewing a prediction market TV show, as I told you in January 2008. Like Nostradamus, he will predict all kinds of cataclysms. We are trembling … Continue reading

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