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"The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque," declared Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) last month. The project that so exercised him was the Policy Analysis Market, a trial program financed by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The market was designed to allow participants to...
Defending the 'Terrorism Futures' Market
By DAVID GLENN"The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque," declared Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) last month. The project that so exercised him was the Policy Analysis Market, a trial program financed by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The market was designed to allow participants to...
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