Screen LibraryThe meritocracy trap : how America's foundational myth feeds inequality, dismantles the middle class, and devours the elite /
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Penguin Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780735221994 0735221995 0735222010 9780735222014 |
| Index Number: | HT684 |
| CLC: | D771.261 |
| Call Number: | D771.261/M346 |
| Contents: |
Meritocracy and its discontents. The meritocratic revolution ; The harms of meritocracy ; The coming class war -- How meritocracy works. The working rich ; The meritocratic inheritance ; Gloomy and glossy jobs -- A new aristocracy. A comprehensive divide ; Snowball inequality ; The myth of merit -- What should we do? |