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The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

by Adrian Wooldridge

★ Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book Longlist

Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world’s ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?

Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: Jul 13, 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 504
ISBN: 9781510768611

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Political Science: Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science: Political Economy Political Science: Public Policy – Economic Policy

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