“Meritocracy -- granting access to valuable resources on the basis of impartial tests of competence like the SATs -- is not egalitarian, because financial resources can be put towards getting better at any skill. The rich will tend to do better than the
“Meritocracy -- granting access to valuable resources on the basis of impartial tests of competence like the SATs -- is not egalitarian, because financial resources can be put towards getting better at any skill. The rich will tend to do better than the poor by default.”