The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?

Michael J. Sandel

272 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics informative reflective medium-paced

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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if...

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