The Next Big Idea SUCCESS: The Dirty Secret of Getting Ahead
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Dec 17, 2019 Yale professor Daniel Markovits discusses the failure of meritocracy, perpetuation of inequality, and loss of dignity. The decline of the middle class, the college admissions scandal, and the shift in education limiting opportunities. Strategies for redesigning the workplace for fairness and the difficulty of convincing the elite to relinquish their privileges.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Meritocracy Trap: Exploring the Failure of Meritocracy
02:39 • 14min
The Middle Class Struggle and the Importance of Understanding How It Went Wrong
16:31 • 2min
The College Admissions Scandal and Social Stratification
18:25 • 5min
The Shift in Education: Limiting Opportunities for the Middle Class
23:33 • 15min
Fixing and Redesigning the Workplace for Fairness
38:32 • 2min
Convincing the Elite and the Meritocracy Trap
40:33 • 3min