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Winners Take All: Philanthropy, Inequality, and Win-Win Thinking

Talks at Google · Talk · YouTube title: Winners Take All | Anand Giridharadas | Talks at Google
Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it as a pointed critique of philanthropy and win-win thinking, delivered inside Google itself, and cite it across threads on wealth, tax and tech power.

What it covers

Anand Giridharadas presents his book Winners Take All at Google, arguing that the global elite's philanthropy and 'win-win' framing preserve the systems that create inequity. He challenges the audience, including Google employees, to examine their own role in that system.