People that were shocked at the idea of a futures market in terrorism and other global events had probably never understood the term "futures market" to begin w

People that were shocked at the idea of a futures market in terrorism and other global events had probably never understood the term "futures market" to begin with. It was a great idea. Though it had questionable utility given the nature of deliberately hidden information before terror attacks, it would have been more useful in guessing things like revolutions.