Show me the Money
by Duncan O'Leary
Bored of the polls yet..? Did The Wisdom of Crowds float your boat..? If the answers are 'yes' and 'yes' then politicalbetting.com is worth a look. It aggregates all the spread bets made on the site to come up with a figure for the size of the majority of the winning party. It's all about access to people's private information, James Surowiecki will tell you. The Iowa Electronic Markets were set up to do this kind of thing too, but don't seem very open. Anyone..?