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Prediction Markets Are Mediocre

April 5, 2025·Forum Post
Prediction markets can’t turn probabilities into useful policy advice

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Challenges the conception that prediction markets serve as effective policy tools. Argues that conditional prediction markets proposing 'Will X lead to consequence Y?' fail to translate probability assessments into meaningful policy guidance despite being their central theoretical appeal.

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