The Meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite /
Markovits, Daniel, 1969-
The Meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite / Daniel Markovits. - xxiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one. Meritocracy and its discontents. The meritocratic revolution -- The harms of meritocracy -- The coming class war -- Part two. How meritocracy works. The working rich -- The meritocratic inheritance -- Gloomy and glossy jobs -- Part three. A new aristocracy. A comprehensive divide -- Snowball inequality -- The myth of merit -- Conclusion: What should we do?
9780735221994 9780735222014
2019007519
Equality--United States.
Intellectuals--United States.
Middle class--United States.
HT684 / .M33 2019
305.5/50973
The Meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite / Daniel Markovits. - xxiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part one. Meritocracy and its discontents. The meritocratic revolution -- The harms of meritocracy -- The coming class war -- Part two. How meritocracy works. The working rich -- The meritocratic inheritance -- Gloomy and glossy jobs -- Part three. A new aristocracy. A comprehensive divide -- Snowball inequality -- The myth of merit -- Conclusion: What should we do?
9780735221994 9780735222014
2019007519
Equality--United States.
Intellectuals--United States.
Middle class--United States.
HT684 / .M33 2019
305.5/50973