New Books in Critical Theory

Demeritocracy: Should We Still Believe in Meritocracy?


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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.

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  • 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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