Birthright citizenship in America is part of something larger: The American longing to sever from history, to be a place of new beginnings. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
Though it is perhaps expected for the bishop of Rome to warn against the idolatry of money, what is striking is how Francis suggests that not only God but also secular politics must outrank economic imperatives. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
Crowdsourcing aid is a cunning way to work around the do-nothing corridors of official Washington. But it also raises complicated questions about the nature of humanitarianism and what it means for a ‘nation’ to help. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
In an economy increasingly dominated by network effects, peer-to-peer transactions, self-regulation, and contract labor, the old frameworks are woefully irrelevant. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
America has two clear tiers of workers: contractors and employees. The former have few regulatory protections; the latter have many. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
I am very happy to be an American. I realize what a valuable inheritance that is. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
America has deep, fundamental institutions that take a long time to replicate. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
I worry when each of us is seduced by visions of the future that have no place for the other. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
Our technology promises the magic of constant connectedness. Yet we feel loss in being atomized on separate screens, trapped in filter bubbles of belief, bobbing in a sharing economy in which the technologists seem to own all the shares. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
Our globalized, automated economy is full of magic – Everyday Low Prices and next-day delivery on that single Gatorade you one-clicked. But it is also full of loss – of jobs, of the dignity of steady work, of chances to rise. Anand Giridharadas Read Quote
