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Diving into any of that was probably beyond the scope of a single episode, but I would have appreciated an example or two (they did sort of touch on it w/ respect to education reform, but it started off on the wrong foot with Sam asking about changes at the university-- Markovits was more interested in lower levels of education).
Feb 3, 2024 · Markovits calls this “snowball inequality,” which is a compounding feedback loop that amplifies economic inequality. He continues that meritocracy harms the elite as well, because it creates this pernicious idea that life is an “endless competition.” DUCKWORTH: So, it’s bad for everyone. It’s lose-lose.
The Gray Area with Sean Illing. Philosophy. In The Meritocracy Trap, Daniel Markovits argues that meritocracy — a system set-up to expand opportunity, reduce inequality and end aristocracy — has become exactly what it was set up to combat: a mechanism for intergenerational wealth transfer that leaves everyone worse off in the process.
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Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits has a fascinating conversation with Kelly about his new book "The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite."
Jan 11, 2020 · Between the alienation of the middle and lower classes, and the outsized power of the elite, meritocracy has been one of the leading causes of the erosion of democracy. Solving the Meritocracy Trap Meritocracy compounds inequality through unequal access to quality education.
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