📚 5 Books mentioned in "181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy? | No Stupid Questions" of No Stupid Questions

There is another book on this topic of merit and meritocracy This one was written by one of the professors I took a course with at Harvard named Michael Sandel It was called Justice At the time, it was the largest lecture class at Harvard

In this segment, Angela discusses a book titled 'Justice' by Michael Sandel, a professor she had at Harvard. She recalls that the course was notable for being the largest lecture class at the university.

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So Mike, there’s an economist named Robert Frank, and he wrote a book called Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy Okay And I would say the through line in a lot of these arguments, including Sandel's, is that when you get into Harvard, you think you earned it

Host Angela discusses a book by economist Robert Frank titled 'Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy', linking its themes about luck and success to the arguments made by Sandel.

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Yeah I mean, if you go back, I don't know how many decades, but I think it was Nicholas Lemann's book The Big Test, which gives you a little history of these Ivy League admissions Lemann says, you know, there was a time in the history of these elite universities that the way you got in was what your last name was

In this segment, host Mike references Nicholas Lemann's book, The Big Test, to discuss the history of Ivy League admissions and how legacy played a role in acceptance.

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So Patrick says I'm a big fan of the podcast It would be insightful if the two of you could talk about the potential failures of a meritocracy like the one discussed in the Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits Are you familiar with this book I haven't read the Meritocracy Trap, but I'm pretty familiar with these arguments against meritocracy

In this segment, a listener introduces 'The Meritocracy Trap' by Daniel Markovits, suggesting it as a resource for discussing the shortcomings of meritocracy. Angela, one of the hosts, acknowledges that while she hasn't read the book, she recognizes the arguments it presents against the concept of meritocracy.

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Actually, so Daniel Markovits is a professor of law at Yale.

The host shares information about Daniel Markovits, the author of 'The Meritocracy Trap', highlighting his role as a law professor at Yale.

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And so this is, I think, his latest book It came out in 2020: The Tyranny of Merit What's Become of the Common Good Let me just say that neither of these titles makes it seem at all like they have a bias I'm just kidding Meritocracy Trap, The Tyranny of Merit, you don't have to guess, right

In this segment, Angela discusses Michael Sandel's latest book, 'The Tyranny of Merit', which was published in 2020. She humorously touches on the implications of the title, referencing its connections to themes in his earlier work, 'Justice'.

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