Daniel Markovits is Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School and founding director of the Center for the Study of Private Law.
A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal - that social and economic rewards should follow achievement rather than breeding - reigns supreme. Both Democrats and Republicans insistently repeat meritocratic notions. Meritocracy cuts to the heart of who we are. It sustains the American dream. But what if, both up and down the social ladder, meritocracy is a sham? Today, meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations. Upward mobility has become a fantasy, and the embattled middle classes are now more likely to sink into the working poor than to rise into the professional elite. At the same time, meritocracy now ensnares even those who manage to claw their way to the top, requiring rich adults to work with crushing intensity, exploiting their expensive educations in order to extract a return. All this is not the result of deviations or retreats from meritocracy but rather stems directly from meritocracy's successes. This is the radical argument that Daniel Markovits prosecutes with rare force. Markovits is well placed to expose the sham of meritocracy. Having spent his life at elite universities, he knows from the inside the corrosive system we are trapped within. Markovits also knows that, if we understand that meritocratic inequality produces near-universal harm, we can cure it. When The Meritocracy Trap reveals the inner workings of the meritocratic machine, it also illuminates the first steps outward, towards a new world that might once again afford dignity and prosperity to the American people.
發表於2024-05-17
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@yiqin_fu 這幾天,很多經濟學教授在討論他們讀博的時候如何應對課業繁重的第一年。有一位哈佛大學教授說,如果你不想第一年每周學習 80 小時的話,可以在入學前上一遍博士難度的數學、經濟課程,這樣進入博士項目以後隻要復習就行瞭。他還說很多他最好的學生都是這麼做的。 另...
評分@yiqin_fu 這幾天,很多經濟學教授在討論他們讀博的時候如何應對課業繁重的第一年。有一位哈佛大學教授說,如果你不想第一年每周學習 80 小時的話,可以在入學前上一遍博士難度的數學、經濟課程,這樣進入博士項目以後隻要復習就行瞭。他還說很多他最好的學生都是這麼做的。 另...
評分@yiqin_fu 這幾天,很多經濟學教授在討論他們讀博的時候如何應對課業繁重的第一年。有一位哈佛大學教授說,如果你不想第一年每周學習 80 小時的話,可以在入學前上一遍博士難度的數學、經濟課程,這樣進入博士項目以後隻要復習就行瞭。他還說很多他最好的學生都是這麼做的。 另...
評分@yiqin_fu 這幾天,很多經濟學教授在討論他們讀博的時候如何應對課業繁重的第一年。有一位哈佛大學教授說,如果你不想第一年每周學習 80 小時的話,可以在入學前上一遍博士難度的數學、經濟課程,這樣進入博士項目以後隻要復習就行瞭。他還說很多他最好的學生都是這麼做的。 另...
評分@yiqin_fu 這幾天,很多經濟學教授在討論他們讀博的時候如何應對課業繁重的第一年。有一位哈佛大學教授說,如果你不想第一年每周學習 80 小時的話,可以在入學前上一遍博士難度的數學、經濟課程,這樣進入博士項目以後隻要復習就行瞭。他還說很多他最好的學生都是這麼做的。 另...
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批評的就是這種自以為“唯纔是舉”其實根本無視背後更深層不公平因素的評價體係。
評分批評的就是這種自以為“唯纔是舉”其實根本無視背後更深層不公平因素的評價體係。
評分最後的建議帶有學者的天真。例子很多,但也有點囉嗦。不管怎麼說,是時候討論meritocracy的問題瞭,為這個加半星。
評分剖析和解構的部分非常有創見,建議部分沒有實操性,總體是本非常有啓發性的書,確實讓我有所動搖和重新審視自己的想法。
評分剖析和解構的部分非常有創見,建議部分沒有實操性,總體是本非常有啓發性的書,確實讓我有所動搖和重新審視自己的想法。
The Meritocracy Trap 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載