Glen Weyl on Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
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Mike talks with E. Glen Weyl, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York City, about his recent book with Eric Posner, Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society.
Mike and Glen discuss:
- why private property is a form of inefficient monopoly and how to fix it
- the problem with ‘one person, one vote’ and a proposed alternative
- a radical alternative to our current immigration system
- how big institutional investors discourage innovation and growth
- the massive amount of unpaid labor we willingly provide to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other Big Tech companies
– Google’s The Selfish Ledger (YouTube)
– Glen Weyl on Twitter
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