The Nation's Chris Hayes: Why Our Elites and Leaders Fail - YouTube

Published on Aug 6, 2012 by ForaTv

MSNBC Host and Editor-at-Large of The Nation Chris Hayes argues that the decline of meritocracy in U.S. leadership is resulting in elites that cannot help but fail. "We have a social model that is breaking down before our eyes," says Hayes, "a method of elite selection that is growing increasingly sclerotic, rigged, and corrupt."

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