What Matthew Yglesias thinks about market efficiency
Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American politics and public policy; co-founded Vox in 2014 and left it in 2020.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Matthew Yglesias has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsSo we’re left, for now at least, with what seems to me like an efficient processor of public information and a good index of conventional wisdom but not necessarily a source of fresh insights.
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Their wordsThe problem is that it’s hard to find examples of the betting markets doing much more than processing the polling data as it comes in.