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Revisiting The Meritocracy Debate With Adrian Wooldridge And Michael Sandel

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The Dark Side of Metocracy

Last episode we discussed with Indian Woolwich the benefit of Metocracy. Michael Sundell is a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University and wrote a book last year called The Tierney of Merit. He says meritocracy as a system has a dark side, and it rationalizes inequality. It leads the successful to believe that their success is their own doing.

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