Meritocracy

The Great Divide is a recurring feature here at MMA Fighting in which two of our staff debate a topic in the world of MMA — whether it’s news, a fight, a crazy thing somebody did, a crazy thing somebody didn’t do, or some moral dilemma threatening the very foundation…

The outbreak of COVID-19 and the threat of a global economic depression has affirmed that while the American spirit is resilient, so too is our national division. Our politics in this moment seem fundamentally broken, and from our broken politics has emerged a broken government incapable of responsibly leading the…

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…

'I wish I could say it was better today but if anything, I think the situation is WORSE than ever': Lewis Hamilton feels F1 is not improving its diversity as he remains sport's only black driverMercedes driver Lewis Hamilton bemoans Formula One's lack of diversity The six-time world champion feels the…

In a blunt-talking column for the New York Times, Charles Blow claimed that former President Barack Obama “lives” in Donald Trump’s head because the current president knows his predecessor is everything he wishes he could be. By which Blow means, “intellectual, articulate, adroit, contemplative and cool.” More importantly, he wrote,…

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on the government to renew the 2020 budget and to prepare a new medium-term economic program to overcome the economic difficulties Turkey will face due to the impacts of the novel coronavirus. CHP chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu outlined a 16-article list of…

How do they do it? “How is able to attract the promotions and job offers they’re getting? Their work is trash; I’m a much better developer! I work twice as hard, write better code, and produce 2x more work than they do? This is completely unfair.” You’re right, it is…

Jarrett Bell USA TODAYPublished 2:35 PM EDT May 16, 2020The ball is in your hands, NFL owners. Still.Would you really tie draft picks to the hiring of minority candidates for head coach, GM and quarterback coach positions?We’re about to find out on Tuesday, when team owners will consider two resolutions…

“Freedom of individual development is the basis of democracy,” observed the Commission (1948-49) appointed by the Government of India “to report on Indian University Education and suggest improvements and extensions that may be desirable to suit present and future”. It had among its members Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and was cited…

Bell, Phil (2020) Book Review: The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits. USApp-American Politics and Policy Blog (05 Apr 2020). Blog Entry. Text (Bell__book-review-the-meritocracy-trap--published) - Published Version Download (112kB) https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2020/0... Abstract In The Meritocracy Trap, Daniel Markovits argues that rather than aiding social mobility, the concept of meritocracy has become the…