Meritocracy

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…

I recently came across a Facebook comment from a Hongkonger, arguing that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is nothing communist given China’s prosperous private sector after 1979’s reform. He then linked a video to mock the western electoral democracy that put Trump and Hitler into the office, leading to the…

One Piece's Wano Country arc has now reached the apex of the third act as Luffy and the rebel forces have officially made their way into Kaido's territory of Onigashima. With this first glance into the home base, we also get to see more of the ranks of his Beasts…

The world's wealthiest could be subjected to higher tax rates as governments scramble to fund spending and repair their economies amid the coronavirus crisis, an economist has predicted.Speaking to CNBC's "Street Signs Europe" on Monday, Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics, said he was concerned that some governments — including…

Scott Galloway predicts a handful of elite cyborg universities will soon monopolize higher education. Photo-Illustration: Joe Darrow Photo-Illustration: Joe Darrow Photo-Illustration: Joe Darrow In 2017, Scott Galloway anticipated Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods a month before it was announced. Last year, he called WeWork on its “seriously loco”…