WEEKEND EDITION Bloomberg

 Weekend Essay

Could Political Betting Swing the US Election?

By John Authers 

Prediction markets have been around for hundreds of years, but their ability to change reality is increasing.

Illustration: Saehan Parc for Bloomberg

Illustration: Saehan Parc for Bloomberg

Viz.

How 1% of Polymarket Bettors Are Boosting Trump’s Odds

Dispatch

Millennial Mining Heirs Bet the Family Business on Argentine Copper

Weekend Essay

How to Think About the Price of Food

Big Take

America Is Filling Notorious Former Jails With Asylum-Seekers

Detainees await immigration court hearings in Deep South facilities with long records of mistreatment.

Review

The Intelligent Investor Is Still Worth Reading 75 Years Later

The book is less about how to make money than how not to be an idiot.

CityLab

The Tartarian Candidate

A bizarre architectural conspiracy theory is orbiting the MAGA universe — and many adherents insist that Donald Trump is a believer.