In this episode of the podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Markovits about the problems with meritocracy. They discuss: - the nature of inequality in the United States - the disappearance of the leisure class - the difference between labor and capital as sources of inequality - the way the education system amplifies inequality - the shrinking middle class - deaths of despair - differing social norms among the elite and the working class - the ethics of taxation - scales of philanthropy - univ