Radical Market —— Five Ways to Solve Current Social Inequality

Bob is a pupil of 12 years old and lives with his mother Alice in a black community in Brooklyn, new york. Bob's father gave up the family when he was a child, and Alice had to bear the living expenses of the family. Alice works two jobs every day, working as a nanny during the day and working as an hourly worker in a restaurant at night, making barely enough money for her family. Bob will have a football class next week. He wants to buy a pair of football shoes. The price is $65,438+000. Alice doesn't have this deposit, but she hopes her son can get a good education. She chose usury, which forced her to pay off her debts within six months. On the Manhattan Street in downtown new york, Charlie of 12 is enjoying food with his family in a fancy restaurant. He didn't know that his peer Bob was still worried about a pair of sports shoes.

At present, social inequality is a common phenomenon, from new york to Rio de Janeiro, from Mumbai to Mexico City, there are unequal figures. Some people think that inequality comes from the market economy, but the book Radical Market just thinks that the current marketization is not enough. Through reasonable market and system design, economic resources will be better utilized and society will become fairer. Five aspects of design proposed by the author:

Current problems:

Private property is monopolistic in nature, which makes it impossible for those who can use it more effectively to obtain it. The income from these properties and capital flows to the rich and becomes the main source of social inequality.

Solution:

Joint ownership self-assessment tax (cost).

How to implement the cost:

The result of the cost is:

Current problems:

The collective decision is invalid. The political decision-making system in modern countries cannot protect the rights of the minority, the tyranny of the majority and produce bad candidates at the same time. These requirements seem contradictory, but in fact they are reasonable.

Solution:

Second-order voting (QV, second voting)

How to realize QV:

The result of QV is:

Current problems:

If immigrants are allowed, the average income of everyone on the earth will increase by 2200 dollars every year. However, the beneficiaries of immigration are employers and capital owners, which is of little benefit to ordinary workers in the host country. Coupled with xenophobic politicians, the public's voice against immigration has intensified.

Solution:

Vip (individual visa program) visa system

How to realize VIP:

Current problems:

Investment institutions have become the largest owners of the companies they invest in and the monopolists in the new era. This form hinders normal market competition. Studies have shown that two airlines invested by an investment institution will "conspire" to raise the ticket price.

Solution:

Anti-monopoly of investment institutions.

How to implement the anti-monopoly of investment institutions;

The result is:

Current problems:

Technology giants use the data generated by personal use of applications to make profits, while individuals do not get corresponding benefits.

Solution:

Taking data as the fruits of labor, individuals should also share the corresponding benefits.

How to realize data as the result of labor;

The result is:

With the progress of society, once radical systems and proposals will become normal, such as democracy, marketization and a society ruled by law. These suggestions put forward by radical markets also seem radical at present. Let's review it again:

These proposals are likely to be realized in the future, and even some institutions are trying at present, such as the secondary financing of gitcoin. Although these seem radical, if you analyze them carefully, you will find that they all make sense.