Twilight of the elites : America after meritocracy /
Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to corruption and failure.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to corruption and failure. |
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| Physical Description: | 292 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780307720450 0307720454 9780307720474 (ebk.) 0307720470 (ebk.) |