Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I guess someone could make the case that encouraging rich people to bribe fancy universities to let their kids in to perform fake meritocracy is a better outcome for society than if they directly gave the money to the kids since it supports some extra academic research. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 28, 2019 Hibernated

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What’s always wild to me about these stories is ... why? Is a billionaire’s kid going to be out on the street if his dad doesn’t buy him a slot at a fancy school. Just give the kid the money! — PolitiTweet.org

The latest on how money is corrupting college admissions, just out this morning ⁦@propublica⁩ and ⁦@NYMag⁩ https://t.co/fcGtBMcGcn

Posted Sept. 28, 2019 Hibernated

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Part of how they rationalized this at Harvard was that by letting in a bunch of coasting rich kids who’d get bad grades none of the smart hardworking kids had to experience the emotional devastation of being in the bottom quarter of the class. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 28, 2019 Hibernated