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Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world

Title: Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world / Anand Giridharadas.
Author: Giridharadas, Anand
Publication: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

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288 pages; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Subject

Note

"A Borzoi book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

Contents

But how is the world changed? -- Win-win -- Rebel-kings in worrisome berets -- The critic and the thought leader -- Arsonists make the best firefighters -- Generosity and justice -- All that works in the modern world -- Epilogue: "Other people are not your children."

Call Number

JFE 18-7870

ISBN

9780451493248
0451493249

LCCN

2017045477
40028432001

OCLC

1004981738
1004981738

Author

Giridharadas, Anand, author.

Title

Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world / Anand Giridharadas.

Publisher

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1980

Other Standard Identifier

40028432001

Research Call Number

JFE 18-7870

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