Meritocracy’s Cost
Meritocracy conceals elite disdain for the lives of ordinary Americans.
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Articles by Charles Murray
Comfortably Numb
The only thing more frightening than annihilation is the possibility that our decadent society could coast on forever.
Kids Today
A review of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, by Robert D. Putnam
The Smart Set
Charles Murray reviews two books about meritocracy.
One-Dimensional Man
A review of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, by David Brooks
Who is Ayn Rand?
A review of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns
and Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne C. Heller