Winners Take All | Anand Giridharadas | Talks at Google

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Released

October 19, 2018

Duration

1h 0m

Channel

Talks at Google

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Anand Giridharadas, MSNBC analyst and Aspen Institute fellow, discusses his new book, "Winners Take All," which explores the philanthropic practices of the global elite and argues that they reinforce social inequities rather than ameliorate them. Get the book here: https://goo.gl/jLhPcd

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Anand Giridharadas

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  Author and journalist, known for writing "Winners Take All" about elites, philanthropy, and inequality.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Talks at Google, featuring Anand Giridharadas, Winners Take All | Anand Giridharadas | Talks at Google explores How elite “win-win” change-making can preserve a winners-take-all system Anand Giridharadas argues that today’s surge in elite philanthropy and social entrepreneurship coexists with—and can help preserve—extreme inequality by channeling change into forms that don’t threaten winners.

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