Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour makes the case for prediction markets as legal fights pile up

On the Reuters Econ World podcast, Mansour argued that markets beat polls and pundits while states challenge federal oversight of his business Kalshi co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour has a simple pitch: if you want to know what will happen, ask people with money on the line. He made that case on Reuters’ Econ World podcast, in an episode that aired on October 21, 2026. The timing is interesting. Mansour is promoting the wisdom of markets while his company fights a multi-state legal battle over whether some of its contracts are legal at all.