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The meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite, Daniel Markovits
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- Summary
- 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 and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding - reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? In the early twenty-first century, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy's successes. This is the radical argument that the author prosecutes with rare force. He is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. The author also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When this book reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people. --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiii, 418 pages
- Contents
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- The meritocratic inheritance
- Gloomy and glossy jobs
- Part three.
- A new aristocracy.
- A comprehensive divide
- Snowball inequality
- The myth of merit
- Conclusion:
- What should we do?
- Part one.
- Meritocracy and its discontents.
- The meritocratic revolution
- The harms of meritocracy
- The coming class war
- Part two.
- How meritocracy works.
- The working rich
- Isbn
- 9780735221994
- Label
- The meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite
- Title
- The meritocracy trap
- Title remainder
- how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Markovits
- Title variation
- How America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite
- Subject
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- Bürgertum
- Classes moyennes -- États-Unis
- Classes sociales -- États-Unis
- Equality
- Equality -- United States
- HISTORY -- Social History
- Intellectuals
- Meritokratie
- Middle class
- Middle class -- United States
- Mittelstand
- American Dream
- Rêve américain
- Since 1980
- Social classes
- Social classes -- United States
- Social conditions
- Social mobility
- Social mobility -- United States
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
- Mobilité sociale -- États-Unis
- American Dream
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding - reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? In the early twenty-first century, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy's successes. This is the radical argument that the author prosecutes with rare force. He is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. The author also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When this book reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people. --
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- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Markovits, Daniel
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Middle class
- Social classes
- Social mobility
- Equality
- American Dream
- United States
- Classes moyennes
- Classes sociales
- Mobilité sociale
- Rêve américain
- HISTORY
- Social mobility
- Social conditions
- Social classes
- American Dream
- Equality
- Intellectuals
- Middle class
- United States
- Bürgertum
- Meritokratie
- Mittelstand
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- USA
- Label
- The meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite, Daniel Markovits
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-404) and index
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The meritocratic inheritance
- Gloomy and glossy jobs
- Part three.
- A new aristocracy.
- A comprehensive divide
- Snowball inequality
- The myth of merit
- Conclusion:
- What should we do?
- Part one.
- Meritocracy and its discontents.
- The meritocratic revolution
- The harms of meritocracy
- The coming class war
- Part two.
- How meritocracy works.
- The working rich
- Control code
- 1097367431
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxiii, 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735221994
- Lccn
- 2019007519
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other control number
- 15975757
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1097367431
- Label
- The meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite, Daniel Markovits
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-404) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The meritocratic inheritance
- Gloomy and glossy jobs
- Part three.
- A new aristocracy.
- A comprehensive divide
- Snowball inequality
- The myth of merit
- Conclusion:
- What should we do?
- Part one.
- Meritocracy and its discontents.
- The meritocratic revolution
- The harms of meritocracy
- The coming class war
- Part two.
- How meritocracy works.
- The working rich
- Control code
- 1097367431
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxiii, 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735221994
- Lccn
- 2019007519
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other control number
- 15975757
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1097367431
Subject
- Bürgertum
- Classes moyennes -- États-Unis
- Classes sociales -- États-Unis
- Equality
- Equality -- United States
- HISTORY -- Social History
- Intellectuals
- Meritokratie
- Middle class
- Middle class -- United States
- Mittelstand
- American Dream
- Rêve américain
- Since 1980
- Social classes
- Social classes -- United States
- Social conditions
- Social mobility
- Social mobility -- United States
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
- Mobilité sociale -- États-Unis
- American Dream
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