Meritocracy (vs Democracy): Letting the talented rule you (Podcast #017)

I was talking to a doctor once, and I argued that medicine in America, and increasingly in Canada, was a plutocracy (where money is what results in promotions or even being hired). He argued however that medicine was a meritocracy. A view that I would love to believe, but don’t always.

You can only formulate your own opinion about something like this, but first let’s learn a little more about what a meritocracy is in only 90 seconds.

Meritocracy (vs Democracy): Letting the talented rule you (Podcast #017)

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Sources / Further Reading:
Wikipedia: Meritocracy
The Meritocracy Myth - An article describing why America is not a meritocracy.
Forbes: The Meritocracy Paradox - An article that questions which way it goes: does more merit result in higher pay, or does higher pay result in more merit?

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Tagged as: governance, meritocracy