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The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
Adrian Wooldridge
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The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
Adrian Wooldridge
Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of history this was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?
416 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 26, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9780141990378 |
| Publishers | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Pages | 496 |
| Dimensions | 198 × 129 × 31 mm · 358 g |
| Language | English |
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