Winners take all : the elite charade of changing the world
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Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
303.4097 GIRIDHA
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303.4097 GIRIDHA
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
UPC
40028432001
Notes
General Note
"A Borzoi book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index.
Description
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.