Daniel Markovits: The Meritocrat Who Wants To Unwind the Meritocracy

08/07/23 • 15 min

Author and professor Daniel Markovits relates the thesis of his book, "The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite" to the politics of today. Original air date 12 September 2019. The book was published on 10 September 2019.

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