143. Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas: A book review

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This week let’s chat about Winners Take All: the Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas. Published in 2018, this book became a New York Times Bestseller and fired off a conversation about whether powerful elites really want to change the root causes of the social problems they claim to care about.

Endlessly quotable, provocative, interesting…this book just might be what you need for your next flight. Check out today’s episode to help you decide.

Links from today’s episode:

NY Mag interview with Anand Giridharadas in 2018

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/08/anand-giridharadas-on-winners-take-all.html

Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of changing the world | Vox 2018

https://www.vox.com/2018/9/5/17821522/anand-giridharadas-winner-take-all-ezra-klein-podcast

Aspen Institute

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/

ICYMI another episode you might enjoy:

Episode#69 Women, Sex and Socialism (recorded before the 2024 rebranding of this show)

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