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Weyl is co-creator of [[quadratic voting]], a collective [[decision-making]] procedure that enables determination of how strongly voters feel about an issue, rather than simply ascertaining whether they are in favor of it or opposed to it.<ref name="CoyExpensive">{{cite news |last1=Coy |first1=Peter |title=A New Way of Voting That Makes Zealotry Expensive |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/a-new-way-of-voting-that-makes-zealotry-expensive |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=1 May 2019}}</ref> |
Weyl is co-creator of [[quadratic voting]], a collective [[decision-making]] procedure that enables determination of how strongly voters feel about an issue, rather than simply ascertaining whether they are in favor of it or opposed to it.<ref name="CoyExpensive">{{cite news |last1=Coy |first1=Peter |title=A New Way of Voting That Makes Zealotry Expensive |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-01/a-new-way-of-voting-that-makes-zealotry-expensive |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=1 May 2019}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Weyl, an economist and Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New England,<ref name="CoyExpensive"/> also teaches a course at [[Yale University]], "Designing the Digital Economy," that blends economics and computer science in much the way that digital economists blend them at tech companies.<ref name="LohrStore">{{cite news |last1=Lohr |first1=Steve |title=Goodbye, Ivory Tower. Hello, Silicon Valley Candy Store. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/technology/goodbye-ivory-tower-hello-silicon-valley-candy-store.html |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=New York Tmes |date=3 September 2016}}</ref> |
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==Book== |
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''Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society'' (Princeton, 2018)<ref name="DonohaoReview">{{cite news |last1=Donohoe |first1=Paschal |title=Radical Markets review: ‘Read this difficult and provocative book’ |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/radical-markets-review-read-this-difficult-and-provocative-book-1.3475473 |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=[[Irish Times]] |date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="EconomistReview">{{cite news |title=Don’t shrink the role of markets—expand it |url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/05/10/dont-shrink-the-role-of-markets-expand-it |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=[[The Economist]] |date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="RohacReviw">{{cite news |last1=Rohac |first1=Dalibor Rohac |title=The Solution to Capitalist Inequality: Radical Markets (book review) |url=https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/02/19/the-solution-to-capitalist-inequality-radical-markets/ |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=The American Interest |date=19 February 2019}}</ref> |
''Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society'' (Princeton, 2018)<ref name="DonohaoReview">{{cite news |last1=Donohoe |first1=Paschal |title=Radical Markets review: ‘Read this difficult and provocative book’ |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/radical-markets-review-read-this-difficult-and-provocative-book-1.3475473 |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=[[Irish Times]] |date=5 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="EconomistReview">{{cite news |title=Don’t shrink the role of markets—expand it |url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2018/05/10/dont-shrink-the-role-of-markets-expand-it |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=[[The Economist]] |date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="RohacReviw">{{cite news |last1=Rohac |first1=Dalibor Rohac |title=The Solution to Capitalist Inequality: Radical Markets (book review) |url=https://www.the-american-interest.com/2019/02/19/the-solution-to-capitalist-inequality-radical-markets/ |accessdate=8 August 2019 |publisher=The American Interest |date=19 February 2019}}</ref> |
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E. (Eric) Glen Weyl is an economist and a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New England[1][2] and author of the book Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society with co-author Eric Posner[3].[4]
Childhood and background
Weyl is the son of Lorraine Hariton and Stephen Weyl of Washington, D.C.[5]
Weyl is co-creator of quadratic voting, a collective decision-making procedure that enables determination of how strongly voters feel about an issue, rather than simply ascertaining whether they are in favor of it or opposed to it.[1]
Career
Weyl, an economist and Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New England,[1] also teaches a course at Yale University, "Designing the Digital Economy," that blends economics and computer science in much the way that digital economists blend them at tech companies.[6]
Book
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society (Princeton, 2018)[7][8][9]
References
- ^ a b c Coy, Peter (1 May 2019). "A New Way of Voting That Makes Zealotry Expensive". Bloomberg. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Glen Weyl". Microsoft Research. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ "Glen Weyl | Biography". Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ "ECONOMIST GLEN WEYL ON THREE RADICAL PATHS TO EQUALITY". Wired. September 18, 2018.
- ^ Radomsky, Rosalie R. (22 August 2010). "Alisha Holland, Glen Weyl". New York Times.
- ^ Lohr, Steve (3 September 2016). "Goodbye, Ivory Tower. Hello, Silicon Valley Candy Store". New York Tmes. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ Donohoe, Paschal (5 May 2018). "Radical Markets review: 'Read this difficult and provocative book'". Irish Times. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Don't shrink the role of markets—expand it". The Economist. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ Rohac, Dalibor Rohac (19 February 2019). "The Solution to Capitalist Inequality: Radical Markets (book review)". The American Interest. Retrieved 8 August 2019.