If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again… The idea of meritocracy has dominated political discourse since the term was coined by Michael Young in 1958.
More than 60 years on, accusations of cronyism and inequality still hound the establishment. In a society where wealth, education and connections are crucial, the merit of meritocracy is drawn into question. Is meritocracy a failed relic of the past or a guiding light for the future?
Daniel Markovits is a law professor at the Yale Law School and founding director of the Yale Center for the Study of Private Law. He is also the author of The Meritocracy Trap (2019).
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