ISBN-13: 9781101972670
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Thegroundbreaking 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 todays news."Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.The Washington PostAnand 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 canexcept ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. They rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; they lavishly rewardthought leaders who redefinechange 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 worlds 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 worlda call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.
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ISBN-13: 9781101972670
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Thegroundbreaking 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 todays news."Impassioned.... Entertaining reading.The Washington PostAnand 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 canexcept ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. They rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; they lavishly rewardthought leaders who redefinechange 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 worlds 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 worlda call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.
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