> I really don't understand why I can't be allowed to speculate/gamble/hedge on geopolitical events. There was an interesting Planet Money episode lately about

> I really don't understand why I can't be allowed to speculate/gamble/hedge on geopolitical events. There was an interesting Planet Money episode lately about the history of betting on US presidential elections - http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/08/21/433557935/episode-646-why-cant-we-bet-on-elections http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/08/21/433557935/episo.... It hadn't occurred to me before how much participation in the public sphere gambling could (and previously did) generate.