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Re:How People Get Rich Now by FabHK on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:47PM (#26783417)
Yes, not only good old Rawls, but many contemporary writers make arguments about the limits of meritocracy. Some books I can recommend:

Robert H. Frank: Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167404/su...

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2016/06/28/book-rev...

Michael Sandel: The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/books/review/the-tyranny-...

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