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Twilight of the Elites : The Crisis of Authority in American Life (1st Edition) by Christopher L. Hayes, Christopher *Signed!* Hayes Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2012 ISBN-10: 0-307-72045-4 / 0307720454 ISBN-13: 978-0-307-72045-0 / 9780307720450 A powerful and original argument that traces the roots of our present crisis of authority to an unlikely source: the meritocracy. Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another – from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate Ameri |