{"product_id":"winners-take-all-the-elite-charade-of-changing-the-world-9781101972670","title":"Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e The groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to \"change the world\" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today's news. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnand 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANAND GIRIDHARADAS is the author of \u003ci\u003eWinners Take All, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe True American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIndia Calling\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an editor-at-large for \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e and was a foreign correspondent and columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e from 2005 to 2016. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, The New Republic, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an on-air political analyst for MSNBC, a visiting scholar at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University, and a former McKinsey analyst. He has spoken on the main stage of TED. Anand's writing has been honored by the Society of Publishers in Asia, the Poynter Fellowship at Yale, the 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year award, Harvard University's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanism in Culture, and the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Award. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725364334866,"sku":"9781101972670","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b2fdaab-a30f-4db1-89dd-a433326d4fa8.jpg?v=1734828178","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/winners-take-all-the-elite-charade-of-changing-the-world-9781101972670","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}