Sites like Kalshi and Polymarket offer faux populism as elites reap the benefits – and voters risk being misled Online betting is a bit like Donald Trump. The prediction markets – platforms where users bet on whether events will occur – pretend to be populist, pushing the nabobs aside and representing the “wisdom of the crowd”.
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“This data is bottom-up, not elites-driven,” a Kalshi spokesperson told Reuters . But in fact, the markets are controlled by a few, skillful traders. Continue reading...
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