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Online predictive markets (IEEE Spectrum)
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:25:10 -0400
X-Sender: scherry () shogun ieee org Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 18:17:27 -0400 To: "David J. Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry () ieee org> Subject: Online predictive markets (IEEE Spectrum)X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55-ieee_anti_spam (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp)<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/aug03/future.html> Toward A Bettor FutureA U.S. government betting pool for future terrorism events is gone, but predictive markets are here to stayDave,Our take on Darpa's ill-fated Policy Analysis Market, the (bizarre, in our opinion) American Action Market, and online predictive markets in general. We share the view of a growing number of commentators that PAM was not taken as seriously as it deserved. Conversely, the AAM is perhaps being taken more seriously than *it* deserves.Steven -- -- Steven Cherry, +1 212-419-7566 Senior Associate Editor IEEE Spectrum, 3 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 <s.cherry () ieee org> <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org>
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