Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2024-02-04
Books mentioned on 181. What’s So Great About Meritocracy?
Do you really deserve the credit for your accomplishments? Should college admissions be determined by lottery?
Mike Maughan discussed The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits. Angela Duckworth discussed Justice by Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel, The Big Test by Nicholas Lemann, and Success and Luck by Robert H. Frank.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
The Meritocracy Trap
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
-
Justice
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
-
The Tyranny of Merit
Discussed“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 and at the time it was the largest lecture class at Harvard It had I think like over a thousand students and so this is I”
Where to get it
-
The Big Test
Discussed“I mean if you go back I don't know how many decades but I think it was Nicholas lemon's book the big test which gives you a little history of these ivy league admissions”
Where to get it
-
Success and Luck
Discussed“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”
Where to get it
