Glen Weyl
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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.