

His starting point is that we have been here before.

He then deploys his journalistic skills to write a page turner of a take down. In Winner Takes All, Anand Giridharadas hangs out at their motivational talks and high end dinners, and spends time listening carefully to some of their more agonized, soul-searching members. If you’ve ever been irked by the combination of arrogance, platitude, complacency and dismissiveness that often characterizes the private sector-aid complex (philanthropists, management consultants, foundations, impact investors and their groupies across the aid business), then this is the book for you.
