Radical markets : uprooting capitalism and democracy for a just society

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Radical markets : uprooting capitalism and democracy for a just society

Title remainder

uprooting capitalism and democracy for a just society

Statement of responsibility

Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl

Title variation

Uprooting capitalism and democracy for a just society

Creator

• Posner, Eric A., 1965-

Contributor

• Weyl, E. Glen, (Eric Glen), 1985-

Author

• Weyl, E. Glen, (Eric Glen), 1985-
• Posner, Eric A., 1965-

Subject

• Competition
• Democracy
• Democracy
• Free enterprise
• Free enterprise
• Nonfiction
• Right of property
• Right of property
• Capitalism
• Capitalism
• Competition

Genre

• Nonfiction

Language

eng

Summary

"Many blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? [This book] turns this thinking--and pretty much all conventional thinking about markets, both for and against--on its head. The book reveals...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. [The authors] demonstrate why private property is inherently monopolistic, and how we would all be better off if private ownership were converted into a public auction for public benefit. They show how the principle of one person, one vote inhibits democracy, suggesting instead an ingenious way for voters to effectively influence the issues that matter most to them. They argue that every citizen of a host country should benefit from immigration--not just migrants and their capitalist employers. They propose leveraging antitrust laws to liberate markets from the grip of institutional investors and creating a data labor movement to force digital monopolies to compensate people for their electronic data. 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--[this book] shows how."--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

TOH

Dewey number

330.12/2

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HB501

LC item number

.P6457 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography