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We are happy to announce some excellent new resources that have come to our attention and which we are adding to the Resources page of our website.

Crowdworks Library : A library of papers dealing with Prediction markets, divided by subject. Get all our prediction markets information right here!

BItcoin : Bitcoin, a P2P electronic [...]

In the late 1990’s the problems of the world were very different. Terrorism was not as big a perceived threat and people were just warming up to global warming, with “buying local” not meaning much to anyone. One of the big problems at the time was Y2K. Everyone knew the ushering of [...]

Years ago we wrote an article on the pros and cons of eBay vs. Hand-me-downs. We were curious to see whether older, inefficient methods could be replaced by newer, more efficient ones. Our results were mixed. It turned out that you never receive much for used items, and it takes a while [...]

The following is a contribution from a loyal DumbAgent fan. We are happy to feature it, not least because it ties to (and expands upon) our article on where Higher Education is headed. We have left the footnotes in, referring to his sources for dollar amounts, and while this article was not written by [...]

The gambling laws in the United States do not make much sense. Then again, many laws in many places have more to do with tradition, history and personal whims, and therefore can seem odd when looked at with a fresh eye. Gambling laws, however, are counterintuitive and cost the government millions in potential [...]