RADICAL MARKETS by ERIC A. POSNER & E. GLEN WEYL

"This is one of the most thought provoking economics book I have read in the past several years. The authors offer some truly radical solutions to several major problems plaguing our current society. Although I personally do not think that most of their solutions are practical, this book made me think out of the box and outside the normal paradigm and I came away with several new thoughts and ideas that I am looking forward to explore more in the future ..." "If you like economic policy, this is a fun read that challenges a lot of your preconceptions. The authors prescribe 5 big ideas for transforming the economy: 1) Property taxes set by owners with the option of others to buy your assets at your assessed value 2) The ability to weight or buy votes in a democracy 3) Immigrant sponsorship 4) Diversifying the owners of stocks 5) Consumer data ownership.." "19世紀の小作人はどれほど仕事ができても土地を手に入れることは地主の同意抜きにはできず、配分の効率性が損なわれる状況だった。いっぽうで自分の手にあるものはなんとかして改善しようという意欲が湧くもので、これは投資の効率性という特徴と呼べる。著者は均質な財以外だとどんなものでもその所有を認めると分配効率を歪める(一番うまく使える人に行き渡らない)ことを問題と捉えている。取引費用を避けて会社という形態になってもやはり市場支配からの賃金悪化や価格吊り上げという問題が残ってしまう。そこで彼らはヘンリージョージやハーバーガーやとりわけビックリーの提案に倣い、競売の常態化と共有自己申告税(common ownership self-assessed tax, COST)を導入したらいいとしている ..."