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The Myth of Meritocracy - Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Hardcover)
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The Myth of Meritocracy - Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Hardcover)
Series: Provocations
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The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the
children of the wealthy. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult
for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances. This
state of affairs should not only worry the less well-off. It hurts
the middle classes too, who are increasingly locked out of the top
professions by those from affluent backgrounds.Hitherto, Labour and
Conservative politicians alike have sought to deal with the problem
by promoting the idea of 'equality of opportunity'. In politics,
social mobility is the only game in town, and old socialist
arguments emphasising economic equality are about as fashionable
today as mullets and shell suits. Yet genuine equality of
opportunity is impossible alongside levels of inequality last seen
during the 1930s. In a grossly unequal society, the privileges of
the parents unfailingly become the privileges of the children.A
vague commitment from our politicians to build a 'meritocracy' is
not enough. Nor is it desirable: a perfectly stratified
meritocracy, in which everyone knew their station based on 'merit',
would be a deeply unpleasant place to live.Any genuine attempt to
improve social mobility must start by reducing the gap between rich
and poor.
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