The system as a whole aspires to being a "meritocracy. 再一次,竞争体制的隐含承诺是“最好的”应该赢得胜利。 "Again, the implicit promise of the competitive system is that the "best" deserves to win winning. 什么是“最佳”当然会随着时间的推移而变化,但在美国,通过竞争...
The Meritocracy Myth-And What Ever Happened to the Old Dream of a Classless Society?Equality of opportunity, when combined with gross inequality of outcome, is the worst possible...Lipsey, David
However, Stewart writes, “contrary to the popular myth, economic mobility in the land of opportunity is not high, and it’s going down.” There’s a concept called intergenerational earnings elasticity (IGE). Essentially, IGE measures the extent to which a child’s income is the product of...
s biggest reinforcement of class is something that’s familiar today. The suit that the MDRP was fighting against was the very thing their grandfathers had foughtfor: a uniform of sorts that would theoretically allow for meritocracy to flourish, since it was more difficult to display wealth ...
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All this alongside a relentless pretence at meritocracy and a stress on individualism over collectivism, implying that dissatisfaction with your circumstances was not a result of structural conditions, but an individual failing that only you could change – by altering yourself and not the system. ...
For most of my professional career,I’ve been a skepticof the American meritocracy. Not a skeptic of the basic idea that competent and intelligent people should fill positions requiring competence and intelligence, but a skeptic of the idea that a system of frantic adolescent hoop-jumping and r...
So, the ideologies of the middle class seem to be linked inextricably to meritocracy: that our hard work gets us where we are; and then, where we are must be protected to ensure that the value of where we are stays what it is. Letting more people into the club diminishes our value. ...
Capitalism is the greatest instrument we have ever devised to generate wealth and alleviate human suffering. Markets and individual liberty tend to accompany one another in the long term (thought markets and democracy perhaps do not – another subject). ...
2.2.1. The Myth of Meritocracy and Its Connection to College Decision-Making A meritocracy is a social system where individuals’ success is based on their individual talents, abilities, and achievements rather than other factors, such as their socioeconomic status or privilege [33]. Although educ...