Winners take all: tricks of the elites, (not) changing the world
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Winners take all: tricks of the elites, (not) changing the world
14.99 €
Anand Giridharadas has been a foreign correspondent and columnist for The New York Times for more than a decade. He is a TED speaker and political analyst for NBC News, and has taught narrative journalism at New York University.
Before You is a groundbreaking exploration of how the efforts of the global elite to "change the world" only maintain the status quo. In fact, the world's greats cynically create the appearance of solving the problems they themselves cause. Rich and powerful philanthropists fight for equality and justice in every way possible, except those that threaten their position in society. They loudly advocate for the rights of the poor, lavishly reward their favorite "opinion leaders," and pursue ideals of goodness and justice, often to the tangible detriment of the society they champion. Giridharadas asks hard questions. For example, why should our most important problems be solved by the unelected top brass rather than the public institutions they destroy through lobbying and tax evasion? The facts in the book point to the answer: instead of settling for scraps from the lavish winners' table, we should take on the grueling work of building more robust democratic institutions and really change the world.
Before You is a groundbreaking exploration of how the efforts of the global elite to "change the world" only maintain the status quo. In fact, the world's greats cynically create the appearance of solving the problems they themselves cause. Rich and powerful philanthropists fight for equality and justice in every way possible, except those that threaten their position in society. They loudly advocate for the rights of the poor, lavishly reward their favorite "opinion leaders," and pursue ideals of goodness and justice, often to the tangible detriment of the society they champion. Giridharadas asks hard questions. For example, why should our most important problems be solved by the unelected top brass rather than the public institutions they destroy through lobbying and tax evasion? The facts in the book point to the answer: instead of settling for scraps from the lavish winners' table, we should take on the grueling work of building more robust democratic institutions and really change the world.
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