Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Michael Giberson The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is thinking about prediction markets and is inviting public comments on several questions as it attempts to sort out questions of public interest and appropriate regulatory treatment. (Now that I've mentioned that...
The Stalwart (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Even if you could argue that there's no value in public prediction markets, it's hard to see what value there is in banning them, or pushing them into the farthest recesses of the law. Not that anything is likely to...
Midas Oracle .ORG (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
As noted here in multiple posts over the past few days, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is thinking about prediction markets. Last week it released a “Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts” and invited public comments on several questions as it attempts to sort out its proper role, if any, [...]
