Today’s elite is more talented and open but lacks a self-conscious leadership code. The language of meritocracy (how to succeed) has eclipsed the language of morality (how to be virtuous). Wall Street firms, for example, now hire on the basis of youth and brains, not experience and character. Most of their problems can be traced to this.
- David Brooks reviews Christopher Hayes's much talked about new book Twilight of the Elites: America after Meritocracy
- David Brooks reviews Christopher Hayes's much talked about new book Twilight of the Elites: America after Meritocracy
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