The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite Cover
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The Meritocracy Trap How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

Daniel Markovits

A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal – that social...

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It was described as a great book that points out how the number of people moving from the lowest to the highest income quintile has been cut in half since the 1950s, making the idea of meritocracy seem dangerous and creating a false narrative that those who aren't successful have failed. The book was mentioned in relation to societal issues and class mobility.

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Professor Daniel Markovitz...he's written a great book on the meritocracy trap.

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It was described as a great book that points out how the number of people moving from the lowest to the highest income quintile has been cut in half since the 1950s, making the idea of meritocracy seem dangerous and creating a false narrative that those who aren't successful have failed. The book was mentioned in relation to societal issues and class mobility.

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Professor Daniel Markovitz...he's written a great book on the meritocracy trap.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

The hosts highlighted the book as the main focus of the episode and urged listeners to check it out, praising its research and provocative questions about meritocracy.

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His books include A Modern Legal Ethics, Contract Law and Legal Methods, and the book that we are here to talk about, The Meritocracy Trap.

— Episode: Daniel Markovits (on meritocracy)

Episode: Daniel Markovits (on meritocracy)

The hosts highlighted the book as the main focus of the episode and urged listeners to check it out, praising its research and provocative questions about meritocracy.

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His books include A Modern Legal Ethics, Contract Law and Legal Methods, and the book that we are here to talk about, The Meritocracy Trap.

I hope everyone checks out The Meritocracy Trap.

No Stupid Questions

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No Stupid Questions

The Meritocracy Trap was mentioned as a book that discussed the potential failures of a meritocratic system and how it might be detrimental to a society. The book was written by a lawyer, Daniel Markovits, who is a professor of law at Yale.

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He doesn't say where he's from, but in my mind, Patrick, you are from the great British Isles. Yes, exactly. So Patrick says, I'm a big fan of the podcast. It would be insightful if the two of you cou...

— Episode: 181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?

Episode: 181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?

The Meritocracy Trap was mentioned as a book that discussed the potential failures of a meritocratic system and how it might be detrimental to a society. The book was written by a lawyer, Daniel Markovits, who is a professor of law at Yale.

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He doesn't say where he's from, but in my mind, Patrick, you are from the great British Isles. Yes, exactly. So Patrick says, I'm a big fan of the podcast. It would be insightful if the two of you could talk about the potential failures of a meritocracy like the one discussed in The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits. Are you familiar with this book? I haven't read The Meritocracy Trap, but I'm pretty familiar with these arguments against meritocracy.

And so there's a guy named Roger Karma. He wrote an article called The Meritocracy Trap explained for Vox Media. And it goes through sort of a progression of where meritocracy maybe went from the hero, as you described it, in solving previous societal issues to becoming maybe the issue itself.

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