Justice Book Group: The Tyranny of Merit—What’s Become of the Common Good?

Book cover for "The Tyranny of Merit"

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Sunday, January 25, 1:00 PM
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From the New York Times: ”What do grades and degrees tell us, Sandel asks, about the widening gap between rich and poor, proud and humiliated, trusting and suspicious, opponent and devotee of Donald Trump? “

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? looks at the current meaning and practice of rewarding “merit” in the USA, and why this practice has led to callous billionaires and dirt-poor MAGA supporters.