How meritocracy harms everyone — even the winners

Posted on AllSides October 21st, 2019
From The Left
OPINION

The belief that we live in a meritocracy is one of our oldest and most persistent illusions.

It justifies the gaping inequalities in our society by attributing them to the skill and hard work of successful people and the incompetence and shortcomings of unsuccessful people. But this has always been a fantasy, a way of glossing over how the world actually works.

A new book by Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits, The Meritocracy Trap, is a fascinating attempt to poke holes in our conventional understanding of meritocracy and, in the...

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https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/21/20897021/meritocracy-economic-mobility-daniel-markovits

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