Economists have long pushed for prediction markets. The reality is not what they’d hoped for
- Posted on June 21, 2026
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Economists have long pushed for prediction markets. The reality is not what they’d hoped for
Long before the founders of Kalshi and Polymarket were even born, a handful of economists were getting amped about a novel approach to dealing with one of humanity’s more egregious shortcomings: We’re bad at predicting the future.