LinkedIn: Are there any prediction markets services you would recommend? Hi all,I am searching for companies that are specialized in prediction markets. So far I found examples such as newsfutures, nosco, and some more. Have you done business with any … Continue reading
– Vernon Smith to Work on Californian Public Policy – In Reverse Migration, 4 Economists Lured From the West to George Mason U. Now Head to Chapman U. – Chronicle.com – NEW LINKS News: Chapman hires Nobel Prize-winner | smith, … Continue reading
Wikipedia on Jean-Michel Jarre’-s Houston concert Jarre UK on Jean-Michel Jarre’-s Houston concert Amazon.com: Jean Michel Jarre in Concert: Houston-Lyon Amazon.com: The Symphonic Jean-Michel Jarre (2CD Set) Mike Linksvayer on Houston —-he loved it. A BIG HELLO TO ALL THE … Continue reading
Via the Mises Economics blog, Carleen Hawn. Commenter Francis Wu: I’d rather be known as an innovator. Anybody can come up with an idea, but an idea is worthless unless it’s acted upon and properly executed (innovation). Sometimes the idea … Continue reading
BetFair’-s P.R. release (BetFair PDF file): London, 11th July 2007 There have been a number of recent media articles suggesting that terrorist offences concerning planned attacks in London in November 2005, for which Waseem Mughal and Younis Tsouli were convicted, … Continue reading
HE HAS JUST BOUGHT AN APPLE MACINTOSH LAPTOP, A “-MACBOOK”-. —- Mike Linksvayer, a Macintosh hater, will strongly disapprove, I’-m sure. Apple’s penetration of the geek market over the last five years or so has bugged me … for that … Continue reading
Wikipedians have decided to delete the entry on Max Keiser. Previous: The Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, and their Wikipedia entries. External Links: – Max Keiser .com – A kind of financial Drudge Report. – The Robin Hanson entry in … Continue reading
Says the all-excited Mike Linksvayer –-(I’-ve never seen him that excited, apart from the perspective of a George W. Bush impeachment): Great idea! A PM should do this, right now, taking care to create real money incentives and not encourage … Continue reading
BACKGROUND INFO: Kenneth Rogoff is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Harvard University. Felix Salmon (at Portfolio.com): […] In any case, you have to read Ken Rogoff’-s spoof memo over at Foreign Policy. When … Continue reading
Reader “-Santiburi”- answers to Ron Cox’-s anti-BetFair diatribe: Even the headline to this article is misleading for readers who don’-t really understand the links between the racing and betting industries. In real terms, exchanges haven’-t changed anything as regards skullduggery. … Continue reading
