Does meritocracy exist? If it does, is it good for the society? Are reservations a hindrance to the ideal of growth?

The episode, an audio version of the essay published in the Dreamer's Jotter blog deals with these questions.

This episode is the audio version of the blog post⁠ Capital in the Twenty-First Century Book Review.

This book is published in 2013 and was written by Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics.

- from Wikipedia

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This episode is the audio version of the blog post ⁠Whole Numbers and Half Truths by Rukmini S | Book review

This book is published in 2021 and was written by Rukmini S,

Rukmini S. is an independent data journalist based in Chennai, India. Her work focuses on inequality, gender, caste, and politics. Rukmini was previously National Data Editor of The Hindu and now writes independently for Indian and international publications. She also hosted a pandemic podcast, The Moving Curve, which won an Emergent Ventures COVID-19 India Prize in 2020. 

- from Center for the Advanced Study of India website.

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