{"product_id":"twilight-of-the-elites-america-after-meritocracy-paperback","title":"Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and original argument that traces the roots of our present crisis of authority to an unlikely source: the meritocracy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another - from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball - imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did we get here? With \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Elites\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. Since the 1960s, as the meritocracy elevated a more diverse group of men and women into power, they learned to embrace the accelerating inequality that had placed them near the very top. Their ascension heightened social distance and spawned a new American elite--one more prone to failure and corruption than any that came before it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixing deft political analysis, timely social commentary, and deep historical understanding, \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Elites\u003c\/i\u003e describes how the society we have come to inhabit - utterly forgiving at the top and relentlessly punitive at the bottom - produces leaders who are out of touch with the people they have been trusted to govern. Hayes argues that the public's failure to trust the federal government, corporate America, and the media has led to a crisis of authority that threatens to engulf not just our politics but our day-to-day lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpending well-worn ideological and partisan categories, Hayes entirely reorients our perspective on our times. \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Elites\u003c\/i\u003e is the defining work of social criticism for the post-bailout age.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e is Editor at Large of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and host of \u003ci\u003eAll In w\/ Chris Hayes\u003c\/i\u003e on MSNBC. From 2010 to 2011, he was a fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Brooklyn with his wife Kate and daughter Ryan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52712546599245,"sku":"9780307720467","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/3orsPPEtz9780307720467.webp?v=1762377628","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/twilight-of-the-elites-america-after-meritocracy-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}