'The death of InTrade (at least in America) is a damn shame.

• Position: Reaction - Letter to the editor

"The death of InTrade (at least in America) is a damn shame. The Internet allowed the creation of futures markets to predict ANYTHING, instead of the limited commodities that are traded on floors in Chicago. The price of entry allowed millions of people to back up their opinions on matters of public importance with a relatively small amount of cash. What did we learn from InTrade's short life? That a market where huge numbers of people can freely...