
Robert Forsythe
Robert Forsythe is an economist known for his role in developing prediction markets, particularly through the Iowa Political Stock Market, which he co-founded in 1988. His work emphasizes the potential of markets to aggregate information and predict election outcomes more accurately than traditional polling methods. Forsythe has been influential in discussions surrounding the evolution and application of prediction markets in various economic contexts.
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Robert Forsythe 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





