Does the Meritocratic ideal have merit?
Future Tense
English - March 02, 2019 23:30 - 29 minutes - 40 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: All at sea - mapping, mining and Arctic shipping
Next Episode: Can free public transport save our cities?
An emphasis on merit is often seen as the answer to inequality. Some argue merit should be used to guide all forms of political, economic and social progress. But who determines what is meritorious? And is it possible to build a genuinely meritocratic state?