Nadie merece nada : Por qué la izquierda necesita la meritocracia

The left rejects meritocracy because it sees it as a pretext for privilege. But what if this were an intellectual and strategic error? What if it were handing over one of its own most powerful ideas to the right? Jahel Queralt argues that the left should not abandon meritocracy, but rather rescue it from its most simplistic versions. To this end, he proposes dismantling the morality of success, questioning the identification of meritocracy with capitalism, and recognizing that chance plays a greater role in our lives than we care to believe. Between essay and autobiography, "Nobody Deserves Anything" offers an original defense of meritocracy: one that compels us to limit inequalities, not despite merit, but in its name.