Nepotism

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  5/22/2023
  

  The Latest Big History Thesis: It's All Nepo Babies

  by Maya Jasanoff

  Maya Jasanoff reviews Simon Sebag Montefiore's history of humanity through its dynastic families, which presents a much bloodier and creepier gloss on "family values" in ancient and modern times. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/19/2022
  

  Nepotistic Legacy Admissions are the Gaping Loophole of American Meritocracy

  by Richard Reeves

  Is a campaign of shaming over legacy admissions necessary to shift American norms away from tolerating these policies that reproduce generational privilege? 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
  8/27/2020
  

  Nepotism Is Bad For Government. Trump’s Convention Reminds Us Why

  by Christine Adams

  The pervasive influence of Trump's family members on government compares to the courts of the Bourbon kings of France. Republicans might consider how that worked out. 

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• 5/31/2020
  

  When the President’s Son-In-Law Truly Was a Great Success

  by Gail Radford

  Treasury Secretary William McAdoo was a presidential son-in-law whose knowledge, experience, and belief in the role of government made him an effective public servant.

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• 4-16-17
  

  What Did George Washington Think About Nepotism?

  by Cassandra Good

  Early on he made a decision to award offices only on the basis of merit.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  11-18-16
  

  Behind the Law That May Keep Donald Trump’s Children From White House Jobs

  The so-called Bobby Kennedy Law may get in the way.