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A Viral Knicks Moment, Brought to You by a Prediction Market

NYT Business Friday 19 June 2026, 07:00 UTC By Troy Closson, Santul Nerkar and Lauren McCarthy 1 min read

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Jake Epstein, a content creator, hosted a Jalen Brunson look-alike contest for Polymarket, a prediction market company, on Wednesday in Washington Square Park.

Jake Epstein, a content creator, hosted a Jalen Brunson look-alike contest for Polymarket, a prediction market company, on Wednesday in Washington Square Park. [Image text:] Stey Polyma ket

Viral Knicks Moment (PERSON) Jake Epstein (PERSON) Jalen Brunson (PERSON) Polymarket (PERSON) Washington Square Park (LOCATION)

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Elon Musk is a beneficiary of America’s lopsided prosperity – does the country have any appetite for redistribution?As Barack Obama’s presidency was coming to a close, Jason Furman, then chairman of the president’s council of economic advisers, laid out the strides his administration had made to curb the nation’s exorbitant income inequality in “the largest investments in reducing inequality since the Great Society”. Indeed, by the end of 2016, taxes and transfers cut the share of income...

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