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Author of @WinnersTakeAll (out now from @AAKnopf), THE TRUE AMERICAN, & INDIA CALLING. Ex-@NYTimes. NBC political analyst. TED talker. @PriyaParker's man. Dad.

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    Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

    A few days ago, I got some news. My new book would be on the cover of today’s @NYTimes Book Review. @JosephEStiglitz reviewing. Dude’s got a Nobel. It was the first day in three years I didn’t question the wisdom of writing the book. Now here it is. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/books/review/winners-take-all-anand-giridharadas.html …pic.twitter.com/SY9UiFT2YN

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      2. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        For each of my books, I have reported on a particular universe, trying to tell its stories and secrets. This time, it was harder. I was reporting on the inner sanctums of wealth and power. Lips weren’t merely sealed. The lips had publicists.pic.twitter.com/ZD7BTzpxl5

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      3. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        At last, I found brave people who’d talk. I wrote. Submitted. Titled it HIJACKED 🤷🏾‍♂️ Nope. The book doesn’t work, said my wise editor at @AAKnopf, Jon Segal. Take another pass. Needs more & deeper characters. My friend @caseygerald said, You’ve got to find the love in it.

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      4. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        I chewed on that: find the love in it. I wanted to write a critique of how today’s winners, while gesturing at change-making, enable injustice. But I had to go deeper, see through their eyes. I had to learn, as another friend said, how decent people uphold an indecent system.

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      5. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        Virtually every day for the last three years, I asked myself, Why are you doing this? Why anger people? Maybe try self-help? Why write something that wasn’t about the only thing people wanted to know about, Donald Trump (but that maybe, just maybe might help explain his rise)?

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      6. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        A new manuscript gelled. I began to share it, including with those the book implicates. And this undammed more secrets. Too late for the book. But I became a confession booth for elites who, as @gpetriglieri says, want to change the world but don’t want their world to change.pic.twitter.com/WJLxq9SMaY

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      7. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        Bad news: It turns out I wasn’t saying anything they hadn’t thought in the shower. Good news: Their thoughts now existed in dry, written form for all to see.pic.twitter.com/mzHO0xl0aw

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      8. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        Every day you write a book, you have a blank screen and a flickering cursor and the possibility of making magic or making a mess. And this book scared me more than the others. Honestly, the @NYTimesBooks cover was the first time I didn’t feel afraid.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/books/review/winners-take-all-anand-giridharadas.amp.html …

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      9. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        WINNERS TAKE ALL comes out Tuesday. Consider ordering it today if you wonder how we got into the present mess, how we get out of it, and how you can make a real impact.https://www.amazon.com/Winners-Take-All-Charade-Changing/dp/0451493249 …

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      10. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 26

        And heed the many morals of this long story: Tell the stories you burn to tell. Trust your editor. Write that second (or third) pass. Find the love in it. Believe in your weird dream.pic.twitter.com/aEeKPSP4Td

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      2. Deepa Narayan‏ @deepavop Aug 28
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        A great book that questions the lies a generation has been fed that the very structures of captured markets that create great, persistent and increasing inequality are also the saviors on dress down T-shirts day, to do some charity. Camouflage that has worked so far.

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      1. Molly Jong ☠️Fast‏Verified account @MollyJongFast Aug 26
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        Can’t wait to hear you at the @arenasummit

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      1. Gail Dosik‏ @THEToughCookie Aug 26
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        I couldn't be happier for you. You're one of my favorite good guys.

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      1. Imani Perry‏Verified account @imaniperry Aug 26
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        Congratulations! 🍾

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      1. Monica Byrne‏Verified account @monicabyrne13 Aug 26
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        YES!!!!!

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      1. Mary Childs‏Verified account @mdc Aug 26
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉

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      1. Godelieve VanHeteren‏ @GoVanHeteren Aug 27
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        Great work, but just the beginning. Since everybody who wishes to change this order of things has to really, honestly ask what motivates him/her and examine his/her own will to power

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      1. K Webster‏ @Bowerygals Aug 26
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        Two great quotes: "find the love in it" & "how decent people uphold an indecent system" Some smart Greek guy once said: "You can't learn anything from someone who doesn't love you". Probably true.

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      1. Greg Caplan‏ @gdcaplan Aug 26
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        @RWhelanWSJ could be good addition to our book club

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      1. Adam Florin‏ @adamflorin Aug 26
        Replying to @AnandWrites @nytimes @JosephEStiglitz

        Growing up in SF in the ‘90s, I was always bothered by the phrase “change the world”—the way it lacks any moral stance, instead reveling in its own power and entitlement. I’ve been anticipating your critique for months, can’t wait for Tuesday. Congrats!!

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