Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (2019) by Anand Giridharadas
From Amazon.com:
“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. They rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; they lavishly reward “thought leaders” who redefine “change” in ways that preserve the status quo; and they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm.
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? His groundbreaking investigation has already forced a great, sorely needed reckoning among the world’s wealthiest and those they hover above, and it 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.”
Articles, reviews, interviews, etc. related to the book Winners Take All:
- TED Speaker Profile: Anand Giridharadas
- Author Interview (NPR): Generous Giving Or Phony Philanthropy? A Critique Of Well-Meaning ‘Winners’
- Video (YouTube): Winners Take All | Anand Giridharadas | Talks at Google
- Article & Podcast (University of Pennsylvania): ‘Winners Take All’: Can Elites Really Change the World for the Better?
- Article & Podcast (Vox.com): Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of changing the world
- Book Review (NY Times): Meet the ‘Change Agents’ Who Are Enabling Inequality
- Book Review (NY Times Magazine): New Sentences: From ‘Winners Take All,’ by Anand Giridharadas
- Audio Clip (NPR): Pandemic ‘Profiteers’: Why Billionaires Are Getting Richer During An Economic Crisis