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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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    1. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

      .@JeffBezos’s giving news is a perfect occasion to start asking ourselves important questions as a society about the future we want.

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      Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

      How much power should any individual have over public life? Should we subsidize wealthy giving? Is it better to pay higher taxes and wages and have less sitting around to give — or better to take hard and give hard in the Carnegie model? Is generosity a substitute for justice?

      2:38 PM - 13 Sep 2018
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        2. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

          Are the skills and values and methods that have built great fortunes but also built a winners-take-economy the right skills and values and methods to guide the pursuit of a fairer economy?

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        3. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

          Should the rich assume leadership of the pursuit of change, or practice followership first and foremost?

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        4. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

          Is the current decay of many of our governmental institutions an excuse to work around them when seeking to better the world? Or is it all the more reason to reform them first?

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        5. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

          Is it possible to change the world if you fear your world changing? How do you evolve to a place of being willing to risk the system atop which you stand for the greater good?

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        6. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

          When is social change a true win-win — and when is the idea of the win-win used to shame and marginalize important forms of change whose only shortcoming is not kicking something up to the winners?

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        7. Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Sep 13

          How can we get the rich to not only do more good but also less harm? To not only give more but also take less? To not only seek to make change but also stop fighting to maintain a cruel status quo?

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        2. allytude‏ @allytude Sep 13
          Replying to @AnandWrites

          Does generosity even get close to what paying taxes would lead to?

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        3. Brian Alkerton‏ @alkerton Sep 13
          Replying to @allytude @AnandWrites

          I favor a combination of high taxes with deductions for giving that meets effectiveness standards. For every rich philanthropist, there's lots of rich people hoarding what they've got and flying under the radar.

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        4. allytude‏ @allytude Sep 13
          Replying to @alkerton @AnandWrites

          And what about paying their employees better?

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        5. Brian Alkerton‏ @alkerton Sep 13
          Replying to @allytude @AnandWrites

          Short-term: raise the minimum wage. Longer-term: basic income.

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        1. Maribel Morey‏ @MaribelMorey1 Sep 13
          Replying to @AnandWrites

          IMO @JeffBezos's focus on homelessness (placed in the broader context of Amazon's recent role in frustratg Seattle's efforts to address homelessness through a head tax) is a perfect case study for discussg private philanthropy, the state & who's best situated to serve the public.

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        1. Kevin Eldridge‏ @notrealKE Sep 13
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          I've got an idea, let's start taxing churches. If they do something charitable they can write it off like the rest of us. Let's start there and then move on to item #2.

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        1. Sinéad‏ @nasinead Sep 13
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          I’m pretty sure America has answered these questions

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        1. Rob Booqua‏ @kungfuqua Sep 13
          Replying to @AnandWrites

          Companies should pay the taxes to the cities they operate within and let those cities take that revenue and provide for their citizens. Letting corporations step in and do for us the thing we could be doing for ourselves is nothing short of a PR stunt with a silver lining. (2/2)

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        1. Rob Booqua‏ @kungfuqua Sep 13
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          Bezos is rich in no small part due to cities that abate his taxes for fulfillment centers (both on merch in them & for property they occupy) in exchange for "jobs", the majority which are not permanent, not filled from the community and are increasingly lost to automation. (1/2)

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