Episode 9
Demeritocracy: Should We Still Believe in Meritocracy?
A Conversation with Victor Tan Chen and Thomas Frank
January 10, 202325m 4s
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Show Notes
Total faith in meritocracy leads to the dangerous belief that all social winners and losers are wholly deserving. Instead, we need an economy of grace.
Guests
- Victor Tan Chen, assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy
- Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal
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