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Film, Video Daniel Markovits: National Book Festival 2020

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Title

  • Daniel Markovits: National Book Festival 2020

Summary

  • From eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits, "The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class and Devours the Elite" (Penguin) presents a revolutionary new argument attacking the false promise of meritocracy, the axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort.

Event Date

  • September 26, 2020

Running Time

  • 22 minutes 43 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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