The death agony of meritocracy

The death agony of meritocracy
FORTY-FIVE MILLION AMERICANS collectively owe upward of $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. Yet there is no need to worry. The magic of the free market has a solution for all of your problems. On July 10, 2018, “Paid Off” premiered on TruTV, a new game show that offers contestants a chance to escape a lifetime of debt peonage. “We’re capitalists. That’s just the way it is.” Less than 17 months after Nancy Pelosi’s Margaret Thatcher impersonation, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has shaken the foundation of the United States’ political class. [Read More]