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The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
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“Maximizing the most good for the most number of people” can lead to repugnant conclusions when applied at-scale
Erik Hoel • EconTalk on Apple Podcasts
Noble intentions and lofty rhetoric about justice and equality are not enough. The kinds of policies and interventions that benefit people often sound bad. Those that hurt people often sound good.
Dan Williams • On becoming less left-wing (Part 1)
Happiness is the Wrong Metric: A Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism (Library of Public Policy and Public Administration Book 11)
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Michael J. Sandel • Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Allowing Homo economicus to do as he wants, to give Ayn Rand– style freedom to let the market reign, will, by Becker’s measurements, increase welfare.