Back in November '95, Michael Perelman posted an announcement to the Pen-L list of an essay prize on the topic "Privatization: has it gone far enough?" One of the organizers of the competition was Robin Hanson, also the originator of the "Policy Analysis Market" currently in the news. I remember because I won the $1,000 prize.
Market analysis of potential events - Nanodot: http://nanodot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/28/0658256 PEN-L:1349] Economists for sale. Make big bucks: http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/pen-l/1995m11.b/msg00099.htm Tom Walker 604 255 4812