The Tyranny of Merit: Michael Sandel in conversation with Anand Giridharadas
What accounts for success or failure? Writer and philosopher Michael Sandel\u2019s latest book The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? looks deeper into the binaries that have brewed generations of anger, frustration, and polarization in America. Sandel\u2019s timely book examines the need to recognize success in a manner that reaffirms the ethics of solidarity, humility and dignity. In a conversation with Anand Giridharadas (author of Winners Takes All), he challenges the atmosphere of meritocratic hubris and inequality, and stresses the need for the common good as a key to face the extreme challenges of our times.
\nThis episode is the audio version of a live online session at #JLFNewYork2020.