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Is Meritocracy Un-American? Chris Hayes Says System Is Hurting U.S.

Broken Dreams

In his new book, Twilight of the Elites, Chris Hayes says those at the top have caused a string of catastrophes. Jesse Singal talks to the MSNBC host about the “fail decade.”

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In Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy, Chris Hayes, Washington editor of The Nation and the host of MSNBC’s Up w/ Chris Hayes, tells a sweeping story of American decline that manages to tie together everything from the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street to Major League Baseball and...

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