Winners Take All (Lead Title)

*The International Bestseller*Superb hugely enjoyable ... a spirited examination of the hubris and hypocrisy of the super-rich who claim they are helping the world Aditya Chakrabortty GuardianWhat explains the spreading backlash against the global elite? In this revelatory investigation Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age showing how the elite follow a win-win logic fighting for equality and justice any way they can - except ways that threaten their position at the top. But why should our gravest problems be solved by consultancies technology companies and corporate-sponsored charities instead of public institutions and elected officials? Why should we rely on scraps from the winners? Trenchant and gripping this is an indispensable guide and call to action for elites and citizens alike. Review A splendid polemic. . . Giridharadas writes brilliantly on the parasitic philanthropy industry ―EconomistTrenchant provocative and well-researched. . . Read it and beware -- Martha Lane Fox ―Financial Times Books of the YearHugely enjoyable. . . A spirited examination of the hypocrisy of the super-rich who claim they are helping the world -- Aditya Chakrabortty ―GuardianEntertaining and gripping . . . For those at the helm the philanthropic plutocrats and aspiring change agents who believe they are helping but are actually making things worse its time for a reckoning with their role in this spiraling dilemma -- Joseph Stiglitz ―New York Times Book ReviewGiridharadas isnt afraid to speak his mind even if it means taking down some of the most powerful people on the planet. . . He has started a movement with this scathing critique of a society that rewards monopolistic models faux philanthropy and protects the interests of a wealthy few -- Tabitha Goldstaub ―ForbesA fierce book. . . What gives Giridharadass heartfelt critique such force is that he is a heretic someone chosen for the equivalent of the priesthood in the new religion of philanthropy who had a revelation and decided to renounce the faith -- Iain Martin ―The Times About the Author Anand Giridharadas is the bestselling author ofWinners Take All. He is a correspondent-at-large forTime and was a foreign correspondent and columnist forThe New York Times. He has also written forThe Atlantic The New Republic andThe New Yorker. He is an on-air political analyst for MSNBC. He has received the 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year award Harvard Universitys Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanism in Culture and the New York Public Librarys Helen Bernstein Award.