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The Tyranny of Merit What's Become of the Common Good?

Paperback • 2021 • English

The Tyranny of Merit What's Become of the Common Good?

By Michael J. Sandel

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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 ...Show more

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9780141991177

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

The Tyranny of Merit What's Become of the Common Good?

Format

Paperback

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