Winners Take All

By Anand Giridharadas

Categories: Politics & Social Sciences

Anand Giridharadas's Winners Take All, published in 2018, examines the wealthy and powerful people of a new gilded age who promise to change the world through philanthropy and social enterprise. Giridharadas argues that these elites fight for equality and justice in any way they can, except ways that threaten the social order and their place at the top. They rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor and reward thought leaders who redefine change to preserve the status quo, seeking to do more good but never less harm.

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