Meritocracy

Bell, Phil (2020) The meritocracy trap – book review. LSE Business Review (05 Apr 2020). Blog Entry. Text (businessreview_2020-04-05-the-meritocracy-trap-book) - Published Version Download (96kB) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2... Abstract Rather than aiding social mobility, the concept of meritocracy is the greatest obstacle to equal opportunities in the US today - reviewed by Phil…

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Despite being an eternal disappointment to the majority of people, the capitalist-allied political establishment is able to remain in power in part by maintaining the illusion that politics is for experts, people with Rolodexes full of professional contacts, people who went to elite schools. Since the myth of meritocracy maintains…

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