"...Giridharadas lumps them all together under the heading of "Market World," which appears to be his own coinage. These people congregate periodically at the Aspen Institute, meetings of the now-defunct Clinton Global Initiative, and in many other organized conferences, and share their thoughts and plans for changing the world. A remarkable consensus on basic issues prevails among them. First of all, they regard the private sector--especially the parts of it that they represent--as dynamic and creative, while the public sector, in their eyes, is static, bureaucratic, and hidebound. They believe, crucially, that only the dynamic private sector can solve the world's problems, primarily by maximizing efficiencies, opening up opportunities, and creating wealth..." DK
"....It was when Giridharadas referred to potential countervailing beliefs, in fact, that I found his book weakest. Again and again, when he refers to the evils of the modern world, he focuses on racism and sexism and implies that entrenched attitudes among a white male power structure are the biggest source of our problems. That, probably, is the view he imbibed in the educational system, where it is utterly hegemonic. That, however, is the problem. First of all, in my opinion, that view is wrong. The real problem isn't the role of race and gender in our society, it's the continually increasing concentration of wealth that is leaving the whole lower half of the population--and perhaps more--further and further behind, regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation...." DK
Giridharadas criticizes Market World, apparently, as a white male racist sexist power structure.
However, Market world does not leave most people behind because of either race or gender. The overwhelmingly majority of people were already behind because of such things as race gender religion ethnicity nationality civilization, history.
That was not caused by market world.
Giridharadas criticizes Market World, apparently, as a white male racist sexist power structure.
However, Market world does not leave most people behind because of either race or gender. The overwhelmingly majority of people were already behind because of such things as race gender religion ethnicity nationality civilization, history.
That was not caused by market world.
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