EPISODE 9: Demeritocracy

Total faith in meritocracy leads to the dangerous belief that all social winners and losers are wholly deserving. Instead, we need an economy of grace.

Guests

• Victor Tan Chen, assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy

• Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and Listen, Liberal

Released December 18, 2017