Doron Taussig invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up roughly where we deserve to be in our working lives based on our efforts and abilities; in other words, the Unite…
American Idols -- Head Starts and Handicaps -- Me, Myself, and I -- Merit without the -ocracy -- What's Deserve Got to Do with It? "Do we live in a meritocracy? Many believe we do and that it is an essential element of the American Dream. Others would say we do not. In this boo…
"Do we live in a meritocracy? Many believe we do and that it is an essential element of the American Dream. Others would say we do not. In this book, Doron Taussig examines how people think about the relationship between merit and achievement. The surprise is that our understand…
