Introduction: getting in -- Winners and losers -- "Great because good": a brief moral history of merit -- The rhetoric of rising -- Credentialism: the last acceptable prejudice -- Success ethics -- The sorting machine -- Recognizing work -- Conclusion: merit and the common good.
Summary:
Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the American credo that "you can make it if you try." The consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fueled populist protest and extreme polarization, and led to deep distrust of both government and our fellow citizens. Michael Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality.--Publisher
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