Power Elite

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/opinion/19brooks.html?th&emc=th
  late
 York
 Times
  The
 Power
 Elite
 
  By
 DAVID
 BROOKS
  published:
 February
 18,
 2010
 
  One
 of
 the
 great
 achievements
 of
 modern
 times
 is
 that
 we
  prevail
 make
  cabaret
  more than
  fair.
 Sixty
 years
 ago,
 the
 upper
 echelons
 were
  reign
 by
 what
 E.
 Digby
 Baltzell
  called
 The
 Protestant
 Establishment
 and
 C.
 Wright
 Mills
 called
 The
 Power
 Elite.
 If
  your
  make
 went
 to
 Harvard,
 you
 had
 a
 90
 percent
 chance
 of
 getting
 in
 yourself,
 and
  the
 path
 upward
 from
 there
 was
 grooved
 in
 your
 favor.
  Since
 then,
 we
 have
 opened
 up
 opportunities
 for
 women,
 African-­?Americans,
 Jews,
  Italians,
 Poles,
 Hispanics
 and
 members
 of
 many
 other
 groups.
 Moreover,
 weve
  changed
 the
 criteria
 for
 success.
 It
 is
 less
  unavoidable
 to
 be
 clubbable.
 It
 is
 more
  important
 to
 be
 smart
 and
 hard-­?working.




  hitherto
 heres
 the
 funny
 thing.
 As
 weve
 made
 our
 institutions
 more
 meritocratic,
 their
  public
 standing
 has
 plummeted.
 Weve
 increased
 the
 diversity
 and
 talent
  aim
 of
  people
 at
 the
 top
 of
 society,
 yet
 trust
 in
 elites
 has
 never
 been
 lower.
  Its
 not
 even
 clear
 that
 society
 is
 better
 led.
 Fifty
 years
 ago,
 the
 financial
 world
 was
  dominate
 by
 well-­?connected
 blue
 bloods
 who
 drank
 at
 lunch
 and
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