Index

Contents /


Introduction
Dreams and Nightmares   3

Chapter 1		
The (Occasional) Power of Numbers   21

Chapter 2		
The Surprising Failures of Deliberating Groups   45

Chapter 3		
Four Big Problems   75

Chapter 4		
Money, Prices, and Prediction Markets   103

Chapter 5		
Many Working Minds: Wikis, 
Open Source Software, and Blogs  147

Chapter 6		
Implications and Reforms   197

Conclusion		
Realizing Promises   217

Appendix		
Prediction Markets   227

Notes   231

Index    259