- Published: 14 September 2021
- ISBN: 9780141991177
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $22.99
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
- Published: 14 September 2021
- ISBN: 9780141991177
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $22.99
Credentialism is the last acceptable prejudice... blends fact, analysis and opinion in eminently readable non-fiction
Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
The Tyranny of Merit is original, lively and no mere critique: unlike many others who have written on the "sorting" of society into winners and losers, Sandel produces a persuasive argument about the kind of community we should seek ... The Tyranny of Merit is an important work, and makes a profound point that our leaders would do well to understand.
Nick Timothy, Daily Telegraph
He is good at dismantling the cheap language of recent politics... compelling, too, in diagnosing the growing use of discriminatory language
Julian Glover, Evening Standard
Engaging and timely... an insightful critique of where our societies went wrong... that will help us to heal our divided societies
Matthew Goodwin, Sunday Times
Sandel is the most important and influential living philosopher.
Paul Collier, Times Literary Supplement
well-argued, clear, and nicely timed to appeal to the growing disillusionment with meritocracy.
Simon Kuper, New Statesman
"rich in moral exhortation - the kind that does your soul good"
Polly Toynbee