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Rules for “truth machines”
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Many observers view prediction markets as useful tools for revealing the public's best guesses about the future. Yet if these platforms want to establish legitimacy, they must implement clearer judgement systems.
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- Prediction markets
- Polymarket
- Kalshi
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