winner takes all the elite charade of changing the world

The author argues that these elites, all in all, do more harm than good and contribute to or sustained the problems they are wanting to change. “Winners Take All” is a strong critique of rich elites self-appointed as leaders of social change. The limits of changing the world within the “system” boundaries Hence, solutions have to designed avoiding the public sector as much as possible. Governments and bureaucrats are obstacles for real change.Technological innovation has the potential to solve most problems.The ideal market solutions blend social/environmental benefits and financial profits.The market is the most powerful vehicle for addressing the world’s problems.

The book is an in-depth critique of many accepted “truths” today, such as: May be that was the author’s intention after all! Lastly, “Winners Take All” helped me conduct a deep introspection to reframe assumptions to make the world a better place. I finally ended up with even more questions! I read the book a second time, the list of questions kept getting longer, and many of my “mental models” were strongly challenged. 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.When I decided to read Anand Giridharadas’s book “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World” I was looking for answers to my questions on changing the world through business. 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. Anand 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. An essential read for understanding some of the egregious abuses of power that dominate today's news.

The New York Times bestselling, 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.

Winner takes all the elite charade of changing the world