Information Asymmetry & Markets

How unequal access to information distorts market outcomes, creates insider advantages, and reveals what prices actually encode about collective knowledge.

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April 2026

24 Apr 7 minutes

When Someone Knows the Future

A soldier allegedly bet on a Venezuelan leader's overthrow using classified intelligence. The case reveals how markets process information—and why they collapse when one person knows what's coming.
Information asymmetry, prediction markets, and market integrity