Radical Markets : Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society / Eric A. Posner, E. Glen Weyl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Posner, Eric A., Author.

Weyl, E. Glen (Eric Glen), 1985- Author.

Contributor:

Buterin, Vitalik

Lanier, Jaron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to achieve fairness and prosperity for all Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking on its head. With a new foreword by Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier as well as a new afterword by Eric Posner and Glen Weyl, this provocative book reveals bold new ways to organize markets for the good of everyone. It shows how the emancipatory force of genuinely open, free, and competitive markets can reawaken the dormant nineteenth-century spirit of liberal reform and lead to greater equality, prosperity, and cooperation. Only by radically expanding the scope of markets can we reduce inequality, restore robust economic growth, and resolve political conflicts. But to do that, we must replace our most sacred institutions with truly free and open competition-Radical Markets shows how.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE. The Auction Will Set You Free

FOREWORD

Introduction. THE CRISIS OF THE LIBERAL ORDER

1. Property Is Monopoly

2. Radical Democracy

3. Uniting the World's Workers

4. Dismembering the Octopus

5. Data as Labor

Conclusion

EPILOGUE. After Markets?

AFTERWORD

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691196978

0691196974

OCLC:

1110488318