In what ways might the ideology of "smartness" cont1ibuce to the growing ineqL1ality that Joseph Stiglitz examines in "Rent Seeking and the Making of an Unequal Society"? As you develop your response, yoL1 might pay particular attention co his distinction bet\7''een rhe SL1pposed "geniuses of business" like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, and the "gianc" Stigutz celebr:ites, Tim Bemer-s-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, who could have become a billionaire but instead chose co make bis idea f reely ;ivailable. Would ir be fair to say chat the recruitment programs in the Ivy League are des.igned to create a culture of rent-seeking? And does rhe existence of this culture complicate Stiglitz's calJ for systemic reform? How might the ideology of "smartness" work against the prospects for greater equality?
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