[Philclub] Meritocracy

[Steve Barney <barnes99@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu>]

Marshall, UWO Philosohpy Club:

The last time we spoke, I encouraged you to ask the Philosophy Club to 
consider bringing Steven Durlauf, professor of economics at UW-Madison, to 
discuss meritocracy and equal opportunity. He is co-editor of _Meritocracy and 
Economic Inequality_, which is a critical look at the concept of equal 
opportunity and distributive justice. Kenneth Arrow 
<http://www-econ.stanford.edu/faculty/arrow.html>, 1972 Nobel Prize winner in 
economics, is also a co-editor of that book. It would be even better to bring 
Arrow to UWO, I guess, but that would probably be a lot more difficult. I 
don't even know what Durlauf's position is on the issue of meritocracy or 
equal opportunity, but I am sure he can talk about them articulately. That's 
enough for me.

You can find details about the book at:

Meritocracy and Economic Inequality
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/6818.html


Here is Durlauf's contact info:

STEVEN N DURLAUF 
ACAD PROGRAM DIRECTOR 
INTERDISCIPL RESEARCH PGMS-SOCIAL SCI 
COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE 
7464 SOCIAL SCIENCE BUILDING 
1180 OBSERVATORY DR
MADISON WI 53706 
(608) 263-3859 
sdurlauf@ssc.wisc.edu


Please keep me informed about this proposal.



Thank you,
Steve Barney, UWO student

Steve Barney

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