Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
- ISBN-10
- 0307720462
- ISBN-13
- 9780307720467
- Series
- Twilight of the Elites
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Author
- Chris Hayes
Description
Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to corporate America and Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to unprecedented levels of corruption and failure. 75,000 first printing.
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- 2019-01-08
- 193 pages
- Ebook
- Yale University Press
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- 2019-01-01
- 177 pages
- Paperback
- Yale University Press
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