Meritocracy and higher education
Channel: Bryan Alexander
Date: 2020-06-05

Does meritocracy still work?  Does higher education nurture and support individual abilities, or does it instead reinforce privilege?

We explored this idea with Daniel Markovits, professor of law at Yale University and author of The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles The Middle Class, And Devours The Elite.
https://law.yale.edu/daniel-markovits
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/548174/the-meritocracy-trap-by-daniel-markovits/