Anand Giridharadas on the elite charade of changing the world
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
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The Importance of Focusing on the Problems
i spent nearly five years reporting as a foreign correspondent for the new york times in india so let's talk about these broad currents of things getting better i mean i lived through the decade in india that was this great explosion of prosperity in india. capitalism came to india in china and therefore how can you critique capitalism well you know it's very complicated india did open its markets india also did the most massive affirmative action program on cast that any society has ever done ever were forty nine percent of government jobs and university seats were reserved for lower cast people, which is an affirmative action program that makes ours look like a joke.
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