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Demeritocracy: Should We Still Believe in Meritocracy?
Demeritocracy: Should We Still Believe in Meritocracy?
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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Total faith in meritocracy leads to the dangerous belief that all social winners and losers are wholly deserving. Instead, we need an economy of grace.
Guests
Victor Tan Chen, assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal
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Guests
Victor Tan Chen, assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal
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Released:
Jan 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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