| Book Name: | Winners Take All : the elite charade of changing the world PDF |
| Category: | Politics Books |
| Language: | English |
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Anand Giridharadas wrote a nonfiction book, “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.” The book looks at the hypocrisy of the global elite, who say they want to make the world a better place through philanthropy and business but ignore the causes of social and economic inequality.
Giridharadas says that the so-called “winners” of the global economy, like wealthy philanthropists and tech leaders, often use their money and power to keep things the same and protect their own interests. He says that the solutions they offer to global problems like poverty and climate change are often surface-level and don’t deal with the power structures that keep inequality going.
The author also criticizes the idea of “impact investing,” in which wealthy people and organizations put money into companies and projects that claim to do good for society and may also make money. Giridharadas says that this way of solving social problems reinforces the idea that profit and social good are at odds with each other instead of being linked by nature.
The book takes a critical look at how the elite shape the world and questions the legitimacy of the global power structures that give a few people so much control over the lives of billions of people.
Overall, “Winners Take All” is a thought-provoking look at the state of philanthropy and impact investing today. It asks readers to think about what it would mean to let a small group of people decide the world’s future.
Table of 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.
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Author(s): Giridharadas, Anand
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, Year: 2018
ISBN: 9780451493248,0451493249
