A review by clay1st
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society by Eric A. Posner, E. Glen Weyl

3.0

This book is a compilation of ideas of how we could radically transform our economy through property rights reform / immigration labour market policy reform / tax reform / democracy reform / AI and automation. What's lacking is any real analysis of whether these ideas would work or be of the better than alternatives. I really wish the Authors had picked just one idea and actually had a think about whether the policy would work.

Sadly, instead the authors substitute counter-assertion for substantive and unbiased analysis throughout... In proposing a tax on human capital the author counter-asserts "some might say this is akin to slavery" without addressing the genuine tyrannical absurdity of their proposal at all.

3 stars because it'd be good food for thought if you've never heard of any of the ideas within.