Intrade No More
At the International Exhibit of 1884 in London, Sir Francis Galton’s curiosity was piqued by a weight-judging competition, in which...
And Now For Something Completely Different*: When A Hedge Isn't
The verb form of the term hedge dates back at least to the 16th century. In Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sir John Falstaff...
Banging the Close in the Oil Markets
“Banging the close” is a practice in which traders place a large volume of orders just before the close of an exchange. The practice,...
A Tiny Constable and a Gigantic Stagecoach: The Supreme Court on Warrantless GPS Surveillance
Police surveillance has come a long way since Prohibition, when Roy Olmstead, once the youngest and most promising lieutenant in the...