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Algorand Economic Improvement Proposal
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2019
As investors in Algorand and node runners on the network, we welcome the first Algorand Economic Improvement Proposal (EIP). Since the launch of the mainnet and the start of trading of the Algo it has become clear that the daily [...] Read more
Hello world
Albert Wenger – Sep 5, 2019
Welcome to wiki This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Read more
New USV Website
Albert Wenger – Sep 3, 2019
Today we have launched a new website for USV . It is the second complete overhaul of the site since USV launched with a blog in 2004 (modulo some smaller experiments with tagging in between). The new site is up [...] Read more
Labor Day: UBI versus Job Guarantee
Albert Wenger – Sep 2, 2019
The majority of the 2020 presidential candidates on the Democratic side support a Federal Job Guarantee with Andrew Yang being the lone voice in favor of a Universal Basic Income. Both of these policies are aiming to address the changes [...] Read more
Labor Day: UBI versus Job Guarantee
Albert Wenger – Sep 2, 2019
The majority of the 2020 presidential candidates on the Democratic side support a Federal Job Guarantee with Andrew Yang being the lone voice in favor of a Universal Basic Income. Both of these policies are aiming to address the changes [...] Read more
Entering the United States to Study
Albert Wenger – Aug 28, 2019
Thirty one years ago, in 1987, I landed at Boston Logan Airport with an F1 student visa to attend Harvard. I was full of excitement and not the least bit concerned about getting into the country. I had been here [...] Read more
Is Ethereum the AOL of Crypto?
Albert Wenger – Aug 26, 2019
Of course Ethereum is not a walled garden the way AOL was. Anyone can write and deploy a smart contract, whereas adding functionality to AOL required a contract and a custom implementation. What I means instead is that much of [...] Read more
WeWork IPO and Quantitative Easing
Albert Wenger – Aug 23, 2019
There are many terrific analyses of the WeWork IPO filing out there. One thing I have not read is someone pointing out how there is a possibility that this all works, despite the hokum language and the eye popping capital [...] Read more
The Purpose of a Corporation
Albert Wenger – Aug 21, 2019
On Monday of this week the Business Roundtable, an organization which “represents chief executive officers (CEOs) of America’s leading companies,” published a new statement on the purpose of a corporation. The new statement, which was signed by 181 executives, explicitly [...] Read more