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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

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  • Aug 28, 2018
  • #Politics #Economics
Anand Giridharadas
@AnandWrites
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An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later s... Show More

An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve.

Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. We see how they rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; how they lavishly reward "thought leaders" who redefine "change" in winner-friendly ways; and how they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm. We hear the limousine confessions of a celebrated foundation boss; witness an American president hem and haw about his plutocratic benefactors; and attend a cruise-ship conference where entrepreneurs celebrate their own self-interested magnanimity.

Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes? He also points toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, we must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world. A call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.

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Number of Pages: 288

ISBN: 0451493249

ISBN-13: 9780451493248

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Chris Boutté @TheRewiredSoul · Apr 5, 2022
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I really wish more people would read Winners Take All by @AnandWrites It is such a great book about why we need to quit looking to the rich and elite as our saviors
Chris Boutté @TheRewiredSoul · Mar 19, 2022
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I’m rereading this fantastic book from @AnandWrites It was the first book that really opened my eyes about this issue. Why don’t we ever ask “what qualifies the few rich to make philanthropic decisions for the entire world?”
Rebekah Bastian @rebekah_bastian · Jan 21, 2023
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