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by brg 112 days ago
A good reason to allow it is because people want to do it and it is as relatively harmful as many other normative human behaviors.. A better reason is that it provides a means of measure real attitudes and opinions. The revealed prices afforded by prediction markets is interesting at the least, and possibly the best source of information for many of topics.
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For what topics is it the best source of information?
Election odds, chance of US bombing Iran, and many others