
Forrest Nelson
Forrest Nelson is an economist known for co-founding the Iowa Political Stock Market, which laid the groundwork for modern prediction markets. His research interests include market dynamics and the effectiveness of crowd-sourced forecasting methods. Nelson's work has been pivotal in demonstrating how financial markets can be utilized to predict political and economic outcomes.
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Forrest Nelson was one of the three University of Iowa economists who launched the Iowa Political Stock Market.
Economists have long pushed for prediction markets. The reality is not what they’d hoped forCNN·
United States· 2026-06-21





