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.
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..
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
