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How can we harness the wisdom of the crowd?

Simplifying Complexity

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Introduction to Prediction Markets

Exploring the concept of prediction markets as financial markets for trading special contracts with a simple payoff structure, using the example of predicting the next US president. Discussing how peer-to-peer markets for contracts work and the interpretation of contract prices as probabilities.

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