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LET’S REVISIT HISTORY: In May 2007, Harvard professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff laughed in Paul Wolfowitz’s face.
BACKGROUND INFO: Kenneth Rogoff is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Harvard University. – May 2007′s Blog Post: INSIDER TRADING: World Bank employees speculating on the Paul Wolfowitz event derivatives at InTrade-TradeSports?? – - … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Humor, Politics
Tagged Alberto Gonzalez, American Enterprise Institute, Asia, Bank President, Brookings Institution, Bush, Bush administration, deputy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Finance, finance minister, Harvard, Harvard University, Heritage Foundation, important international development agency, insider trading, internet browsers, InTrade, Iraq, Kenneth Rogoff, New Zealander Graeme, Paul Wolfowitz, prediction markets, President, President of the World, professor of economics, professor of economics Kenneth Rogoff, Republican Party, Shaha Riza, South Africa, TradeSports, Trevor Manuel, United States, United States Of America, US Attorney General, White House, World Bank, World Bank Internal Investigations Unit, World Bank Staff, Zealander Graeme Wheeler
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Iraq War = “not necessary”, “a serious strategic blunder” — US News Media = “complicit enablers” in the manipulation of the public (“the propaganda campaign”) — George W. Bush turned away “from candor and honesty when those qualities were most needed.”
- Check what he wrote on Katrina and on Condoleeza Rice. – And, now, the clincher: [Scott McClellan] does not exempt himself from failings — “I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Politics, Prediction Journalism
Tagged George W. Bush, Iraq, Jessica Yellin, liberal media, NBC, news media, official, President, Scott McClellan, Tim Russert, White House
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Michael Bloomberg: I’m not running… but, beware, I am a King maker.
- Michael Bloomberg: I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not — and will not be — a candidate for president. [...] If a candidate takes an independent, nonpartisan approach — and embraces practical … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, candidate for president, InTrade, KING, Michael Bloomberg, Politics, prediction markets, US elections, US politics, US President, US presidential elections, White House
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Taxes are the largest class of risk people don’t hedge. Our Jason Ruspini (allied with InTrade) wants to change that.
Jason Ruspini, interviewed by Bloomberg: Taxes “are the largest class of risk people don’t hedge,” said Jason Ruspini, a New York hedge fund analyst who established the market, which began trading last week. “Hopefully this year, with this election, there … Continue reading
Posted in Exchange Genesis, Exchanges & Markets, Finance
Tagged Bloomberg, Congress, event derivative markets, event derivatives, hedge fund analyst, InTrade, Jason Ruspini, New York, prediction markets, tax futures, tax prediction markets, tax rate futures, tax rate prediction markets, White House
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Not since 1928 has there been a US presidential election with neither a sitting president or vice president running.
CNBC Streaming Video: Trading The Election The start of the biggest election in 80 years begins Thursday. Not since 1928 has there been an election with neither a sitting president or vice president running. The polls have the leading candidates … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Everybody Wants to Rule the World, InTrade, online prediction market, Politics, prediction markets, Senate, sitting president, Streaming Video, United States, US elections, US politics, US President, US presidential elections, vice president, White House
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InTrade-TradeSports is still plagued by the North Korea Missile scandal.
Any good journalist writing up a piece on InTrade or interviewing John Delaney does mention the North Korea Missile scandal. — Bet on It! – (page two – page three + a crappy listing of exchanges) – by Spectrum’s Steven … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements, Market Expiry
Tagged Bryan Whitman, event derivative trader, Japan, John Delaney, journalist, National Security Advisor, North Korea, prediction markets, Sea of Japan, Stephen Hadley, Steven Cherry, TradeÂsports, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military, United States, Vancheeswaran, White House
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