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I Wonder … IEM, InTrade, eBay, and McKinsey

April 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off · Prediction Markets

A recent trip to London has constrained my time somewhat, but there have been some interesting articles/events/reports that I’ve wanted to highlight. So, here goes. IEM Goes Mainstream So much gets posted on Midas Oracle that it’s easy to miss some juicy bits. This one, about the IEM running prediction markets on who will be [...]

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Book Review: Reinventing the Bazaar, A Natural History of Markets

September 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Book Reviews

This review first appeared in the Non-Joiners Book Club, a Yahoo Group. Those of us who are not economists experience markets as they are — without thinking much about how they were designed or how they work. eBay is an excellent example of a market that we all know, probably even use, without a deep [...]

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