606. How to Predict the Presidency
Update: 2024-10-11
Description
Are betting markets more accurate than polls? What kind of chaos would a second Trump term bring? And is U.S. democracy really in danger, or just “sputtering on”? (Part two of a two-part series.)
- SOURCES:
- Eric Posner, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School.
- Koleman Strumpf, professor of economics at Wake Forest University.
- RESOURCES:
- "A Trump Dictatorship Won’t Happen," by Eric Posner (Project Syndicate, 2023).
- The Demagogue's Playbook: The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump, by Eric Posner (2020).
- "The Long History of Political Betting Markets: An International Perspective," by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman Strumpf (The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Gambling, 2013).
- "Manipulating Political Stock Markets: A Field Experiment and a Century of Observational Data," by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman S. Strumpf (Working Paper, 2007).
- "Historical Presidential Betting Markets," by Paul W. Rhode and Koleman S. Strumpf (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004).
- EXTRAS:
- "Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
- “Does the President Matter as Much as You Think?” by Freakonomics Radio (2020).
- "How Much Does the President Really Matter?" by Freakonomics Radio (2010).
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