The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780735222014ISBN-10:735222010UPC:9780735222014Book Category:Social Science, Political Science, EducationBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Labor & Industrial Relations, Educational Policy & ReformSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC1PW3F3WR
The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780735222014ISBN-10:735222010UPC:9780735222014Book Category:Social Science, Political Science, EducationBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Labor & Industrial Relations, Educational Policy & ReformSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC1PW3F3WR
Daniel Markovits is Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School and founding director of the Center for the Study of Private Law.
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