The Tyranny of Merit : What's Become of the Common Good?
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A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers
"Astute, insightful, and empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of Educated
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 you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump.
Product details
- Paperback | 288 pages
- 129 x 198 x 17mm | 213g
- 14 Sep 2021
- Penguin Books Ltd
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- 9780141991177
