When Meritocracy Breeds Greed

Journalist Steven Brill discusses how the U. S. lost sight of the common good. When people use their success to only help themselves and not the common good, is meritocracy failing According to journalist Steven Brill, that is cause and consequence of much of what ails American society today. Joined by INET President Rob Johnson and Better Markets President and CEO Dennis Kelleher, Brill discusses his new book Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America s FiftyYear Falland Those Fighting to Reverse It (Knopf, 2018).