The Myth of Individualism
Glen Weyl
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Guest Introduction
My guest today is Glen Weyl: co-author of Radical Markets, founder of the RadicalxChange movement, Ph.D. in economics from Princeton, and in his spare time, works as Microsoft's Chief Technology Political Economist and Social Technologist (OCTOPEST).
In our conversation, we explore:
- How social technologies and economic institutions shape our physical, mental, and social lives
- The myth of individualism
- How does RadicalxChange compare & contrast with Piketty's progressive taxation approach?
- How to design markets beyond neoliberalism, as mechanisms for complexity
- UBI, art, and a lot more.
Key Discussion Topics
The conversation covers how "social technologies and economic institutions shape our physical, mental, and social lives," contrasts RadicalxChange with progressive taxation approaches, explores market-based mechanisms for addressing inequality, and examines the philosophical foundations of individualism in economic theory.
Notable segments include discussions on:
- Universal Basic Income versus social dividends
- Land value taxation innovations (SALSA method)
- Quadratic voting and markets in politics
- The role of artists in economic reform
- John Dewey's educational philosophy