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Demanding Markets in Absolutely Everything

“The next logical step, then, would be to make this all personally competitive. The rise of the multi-billion dollar fantasy sports industry — where people bet, or simply compete for bragging rights, by predicting and tracking statistics in everything from baseball and football, to supreme court decisions and Congressional voting — demonstrates how eager people are to compete in their idle time.” – David Hsu

Author Garrick van BurenPosted on January 12, 2007Categories Economics

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