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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, September 30 - October 6, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 04 October 2013 12:47:34PM 0 points [-]

Good link, thanks. So Robin knows that zero-sum markets will be "no-trade" in the theoretical limit. Can you explain a little about the mechanism of subsidizing a prediction market? Just give stuff to participants? But then the game stays constant-sum...

There's no problem with the game being constant sum.