Virus underlines deep flaws in social system, economist says

Virus underlines deep flaws in social system, economist says

E. Glen Weyl (photo by Takashi Ebuchi) E. Glen Weyl has come up with radical ideas using digital technology and market forces to return freedom and democracy to a world where politics and wealth are dominated by a small number of people.

In an interview with The Asahi Shimbun, Weyl, 35, a political economist working for Microsoft Corp. and founder of RadicalxChange, a foundation proposing new ideas for democracy and the economy, was asked what other changes are needed during the novel coronavirus pandemic when authority has become concentrated in the hands of even fewer people.

Excerpts of the interview […]

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