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Daniel Markovits
Daniel Markovits is an American legal scholar, best known for his work on law and behavioural economics, contract law, distributive justice, and market regulation. His best-selling book, "The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite", has sparked a significant discussion about the problems inherent in meritocratic societies.
Markovits has spent his career analysing the complex interplay of law, economics, and social justice. A graduate of Yale Law School, where he is currently a Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Markovits has consistently challenged the status quo in both academic circles and public discourse. His groundbreaking work exploring how meritocracy exacerbates inequality and undermines democracy has been widely cited in academic and popular media.
Daniel Markovits is an American legal scholar, best known for his work on law and behavioural economics, contract law, distributive justice, and market regulation. His best-selling book, "The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite", has sparked a significant discussion about the problems inherent in meritocratic societies.
Markovits has spent his career analysing the complex interplay of law, economics, and social justice. A graduate of Yale Law School, where he is currently a Guido Calabresi Professor of Law, Markovits has consistently challenged the status quo in both academic circles and public discourse. His groundbreaking work exploring how meritocracy exacerbates inequality and undermines democracy has been widely cited in academic and popular media.
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The Shame Game
The Fires of Progress
Rory Stewart in Conversation with Emma Barnett
Reason and The Decline of Violence
The Wealth Delusion
The Gathering Storm
Why Things Get Better
Monarchy, Caste and Inheritance
Free Thought
Rethinking Capital
The Crisis of the West
The Morality of War
How to Change the World
The Great Economists
Radical Spirituality
The End of the West
The New Politics
Avoiding Apocalypse
Guns and Butter
Beyond Borders
War and Peace
Rich and Equal
What should we do about poverty?
Can Facebook Save Itself?
The Struggle for Social Justice
Out of Control
Generation Rent: Sharing the Future
The New Mafia
Authority, Liberty and Wealth
After The Crisis
The Infinite Boom
Capitalism, Poverty and Progress
Eating to Save the Planet
Gandhi vs Guevara
The Tears of the Europeans
Beware Bankers Bearing Gifts
On Imperialism
After Capitalism
Are Islam and Westernism Compatible?
Decolonising Britain
Securing Our Future
Diversity and Power
The Fantasy of Money
War and Peace
The Global Aristocracy
The End of Ideals?
Towards A New Humanity
Immigration and Identity
Money For Nothing
Corporation vs. Nation