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Prediction markets have positive externalities and work differently from betting markets.
Their wordsFWIW, I – like scholars ranging from Philip Tetlock to Kenneth Arrow to Daniel Kahneman – believe that there are positive externalities to prediction markets (more widely available accurate information, the ability to hedge against future events, e.g.), and that they work differently than actual betting markets.
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