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Radical Markets

Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
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Radical Markets presents revolutionary ideas on leveraging markets to promote fairness and prosperity. Challenging the notion that free markets are the root of economic and political issues, the authors propose radically expanding market mechanisms to foster equality, economic growth, and cooperation. Featuring new contributions by Vitalik Buterin and Jaron Lanier, this thought-provoking book advocates replacing entrenched institutions with genuinely open and competitive markets.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in economics, public policy, and innovative solutions to inequality and market reform. It suits academics, policymakers, and anyone curious about bold ideas to reshape economic institutions.

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Revealing bold new ways to structure markets for the good of everyone, this book shows how the emancipatory force of genuinely open, free, and competitive markets can reawaken the dormant 19th-century spirit of liberal reform and lead to greater equality, prosperity, and cooperation.

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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 organise 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 competitionβ€”Radical Markets shows how.

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The Economist calls it "refreshing and welcome in its willingness to question received wisdom." Diane Coyle from Prospect describes the book as "free market thinking but not as we know it." Jason Furman, former chairman of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, praises it as "a brilliant, provocative work," while Carol Massar on Bloomberg Radio says it is "a must-read."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691196060

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 20 b/w illus. 3 tables.

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Vitalik Buterin
  • Foreword by Jaron Lanier

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 384

About the Author

Eric A. Posner is the Kirkland and Ellis Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. E. Glen Weyl is principal researcher at Microsoft, founder and chairman of RadicalxChange, and visiting research scholar at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Twitter @glenweyl

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