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EPISODE · Oct 4, 2021 · 38 MIN

Adrian Wooldridge on the Aristocracy of Talent

from The Pacific Century · host Hoover Institution

Misha talks with Adrian Wooldridge, political editor of The Economist, about his new book, The Aristocracy of Talent.  They discuss the history of meritocracy in China, and look at how meritocracy works and doesn’t work today, in China, Singapore, Japan, and the West. Plus, he names his favorite “meritocracy movie”!

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