'Death of a Prediction Market'
From Economists View
November 28, 2012 - 12:30pm
Rajiv Sethi on the "death of a prediction market": Death of a Prediction Market: A couple of days ago Intrade announced that it was closing its doors to US residents in response to "legal and regulatory pressures." American traders are...
November 28, 2012 - 12:30pm
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