Adrian Wooldridge

Adrian Wooldridge is the political editor and “Bagehot” columnist for The Economist. His latest book is “The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World” (July 2021).


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July 13, 2021
Essay Future of Democracy
We Need More Meritocracy, Not More Democracy
Recent years have seen the democratic spirit advancing at the expense of the meritocratic. Here’s why that’s a problem.