Glen Weyl

Glen Weyl is an economist and social technologist known for developing radical market mechanisms and plural voting systems as alternatives to traditional democratic and economic structures. He co-authored *Radical Markets* (2018) with Eric A. Posner, which proposes using market mechanisms like harberger taxes and quadratic voting to improve resource allocation and democratic decision-making. Weyl has held positions at Microsoft Research, the University of Chicago, and Yale University, and founded the RadicalxChange movement to promote these ideas globally.

His work bridges economics, political philosophy, and technology, arguing that existing institutions fail to capture diverse preferences and allocate resources efficiently. He advocates for mechanisms that combine market principles with democratic participation, particularly quadratic voting (where voting power scales with the square root of resources spent) and quadratic funding for public goods. Weyl's ideas have influenced blockchain communities, policy discussions, and academic research on mechanism design and democratic innovation.

Glen Weyl is an American economist and social technologist who has become a leading voice in reimagining democratic and economic systems through mechanism design. After earning his PhD in economics, he held research positions at Microsoft Research and academic roles at the University of Chicago and Yale. He is best known for co-authoring *Radical Markets* and developing quadratic voting and quadratic funding as practical alternatives to traditional governance structures.