The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

by Daniel Markovits

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A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal - that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding - reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0735222010

ISBN13:9780735222014

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:Penguin Books

Length:448 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.4" x 8.3"

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