The Meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite / Daniel Markovits.

By:

Markovits, Daniel, 1969-

Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2019Description: xxiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780735221994
9780735222014

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Meritocracy trapDDC classification:

305.5/50973 23

LOC classification:

HT684 .M33 2019

Contents:

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?

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	HT684 .M33 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001497675

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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