The "Meritocracy" Was Created by and for the Progressive Ruling Class

03/15/2023Ryan McMaken

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All of Al Gore's children went to Harvard. Are we really to believe that this is because the Gore kids had the most "merit"? The only real meritocracy is in the marketplace.

Original Article: "The "Meritocracy" Was Created by and for the Progressive Ruling Class"

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Ryan McMaken (@ryanmcmaken) is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and Power and Market, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in public policy and international relations from the University of Colorado. He was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities and Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre.