Setira Research

Markets and Models

A brief history of prediction markets, from terrorism betting parlors to forecasting machines

Aug 28 • 

Benny Attar

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July 2025

Tariffs are not binary.

How to appease the tariff hawk and the consumer

Jul 25 • 

Benny Attar

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December 2024

A Tale of Two Markets

And why you shouldn't bet on both.

Dec 30, 2024 • 

Benny Attar

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December 2023

Top 10 Books of 2023

A diverse reading list of my favorite reads of the year

Dec 28, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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Cheering the Death of Modern Man

The response to October 7th is the nail in the coffin for modernity.

Dec 12, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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November 2023

What I Read This Month - November 2023

A reading list, mostly about the Middle East

Nov 30, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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America’s Divergent Economy

As election season approaches, Bidenomics will face a reckoning with

Nov 18, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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Israel-Hamas War Reading List

Making sense of the unfolding news

Nov 6, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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October 2023

The People in the Arena

How Hamas terrorists turned a country on the brink of a civil war into a united nation.

Oct 23, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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The Case for the Dollar

The downfall of the mighty dollar, or not.

Oct 3, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

3

August 2023

Summer Reading Digest (July/August 2023)

Economics, politics, technology, blockchain, religion, and philosophy.

Aug 8, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

March 2023

Catching Up On MEV

What has been going on beneath our transactions?

Mar 19, 2023 • 

Benny Attar

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