![]() ![]() Similarly, for poverty, education, access to medicines, and clean water. The great conceit of MarketWorld and its adherents, according to Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, is their unshakable faith that the same tools and ideology that created a problem such as massive wealth inequality can also solve the problem of wealth inequality. ![]() Their vernacular, the vernacular of business, has permeated almost every sphere of our lives, displacing hoary notions like social justice and equality. They talk of synergy and scale, win-win outcomes, opportunity, and entrepreneurship, impact investing, and doing-good-by-doing-well at elite, corporate-sponsored, and invitation-only gatherings such as TED, the Aspen Institute, Summit at Sea, and the Clinton Global Initiative. They refer to themselves as thought leaders, connectors, curators, change agents, incubators, and influencers. ![]() They are the winners of the global economic game, from Wall Street, hedge funds, technology, the pharmaceutical industry, and philanthropic organizations. ![]() They are the denizens of MarketWorld - defined by Global Business Network in 1989 as a “fast-paced, globally networked finance capitalism” - and they believe no public problem exists that cannot be solved by private actors employing free-market tools. ![]()
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