Michael Giberson Prediction markets (a category which includes gambling on event outcomes) work well in some cases and less well in others. Justin Wolfers and Andrew Leigh have an overview of prediction markets appearing in The Melborne Review, which states the pertinent point: “attempts to set up markets on topics where there are insiders with …
Lynne Kiesling Through my various wanderings in the past week I have come across two fun little shopping-oriented sites that I like: Little Splurge, which highlights little (and no-so-little) finds for fashion, home, travel, work, etc; and Paperclippy, focusing on office-friendly fashion finds. These two cute sites are great examples of Internet filtering; there’s so …
Michael Giberson Today I did something new. Something I’ve never tried before. I walked into the local Barnes and Noble bookstore and bought a diet book. I’ve never really though of myself as overweight. For most of my life I haven’t been overweight. For the last few years, however, I have thought of myself as …
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Michael Giberson The folks that do technology site CNET have launched an online business magazine at www.BNET.com. Among the items of interest (at least to me) now on BNET: A discussion with the CEO of Erickson Retirement Communities which covers, among other things, practical applications of prediction market Inkling. A podcast that includes New Yorker …
Michael Giberson Bastiat, were he alive today, would be econoblogging. Much econoblogging deploys the rhetorical form of gossip: observation and comment. Only instead of the target being someone’s ex-spouse’s new partner, or a celebrity headed to jail, it is GDP or government subsidies or tax policy. We’re a fun bunch don’t you know. Grant McCracken …
Michael Giberson In a post a year ago, I had this to say about Inkling Markets: The crowd has wisdom (maybe). You want it (certainly). Inkling wants to give you a shot at capturing it. With a recent redesign of their homepage, Inkling has added a few user quotes, including the above words of wisdom …
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Michael Giberson Via Discovery News: The adage “like a kid at heart” may be truer than we think, since new research is showing that grown-ups are more immature than ever. Specifically, it seems a growing number of people are retaining the behaviors and attitudes associated with youth. As a consequence, many older people simply never …
Michael Giberson A few items from yesterday and today’s Washington Post caught my eye and relate to topics on our mind here. Yesterday the Post profiled Mojo Nixon, the eighties camp rocker (“Elvis is Everywhere”), who has landed a gig deejaying for Sirius Radio. In my view among the biggest of the short-run losses from …
Michael Giberson A few items from yesterday and today’s Washington Post caught my eye and relate to topics on our mind here. Yesterday the Post profiled Mojo Nixon, the eighties camp rocker (“Elvis is Everywhere”), who has landed a gig deejaying for Sirius Radio. In my view among the biggest of the short-run losses from …
Lynne Kiesling I am traveling this week, may have some things to say later in the week, but the next couple of days are hectic. In the meantime, I commend WSJ’s Energy Roundup to your attention, particularly their commentary on oil price volatility in this period of financial market turbulence.
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