6/4/2023 0 Comments Giridharadas winners take all![]() ![]() ![]() All for the low fee of several hundred dollars annually, or provided as a “benefit” by employers like Walmart. Even “helps” low-income workers with unstable income (think an Uber driver or retail worker who can’t get consistent scheduling ) smooth out their income over the course of a month by saving and then doling out their income in a more predictable cycle. In the book, Giridharadas gives the example of a (social?) enterprise called Even, which was designed to solve an aftermath problem. Essentially rather than solving actual problems and holding their perpetrators accountable, we solve what I’ll call the “aftermath problems” forced upon those in the world who have to live with the aftermath of structural societal choices-the “underlying problems”-made by the wealthiest among us. But what these interventions more nefariously achieve is a complete letting off the hook of the perpetrator of the crime-these quick fixes simply blame the victim (and in the case of social enterprise, charge them for it). ![]() Someone who gets kicked in the head wants an Advil, not to be told they should’ve ducked. The problem is not just that these simplistic interventions only address symptoms-symptoms of course need to be addressed, too. ![]()
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