A rapidly growing economy (and government bureaucracy) absorbed the growing cohort of new meritocrats. (firstthings.com)
Political activism in areas of sex and gender does not threaten the priorities of liberal elites, which are a combination of a selfish sense that meritocrats merit their rewards and a technocratic concern about efficiency. (firstthings.com)
Fisman and his colleagues rightly assume that these students represent the new liberal meritocrats, the people likely to occupy important positions in government, exercise influence over public policy, and set the tone for establishment institutions. (firstthings.com)