--- description: Giridharadas is the author of The Persuaders: At the Center of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy. He is also the author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, The True American. He is a political analyst for NBC News and teaches at NYU. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Anand Giridharadas ## Anand Giridharadas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Giridharadas is the author of [The Persuaders: At the Center of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669716/the-persuaders-by-anand-giridharadas/). He is also the author of [_Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World_](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/OtVzCBBvB9c7zZymqUzOZpw?domain=amazon.com)_, The True American_. He is a political analyst for NBC News and teaches at NYU. ## Anand Giridharadas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Oct 18, 2022 ### [The Art of Persuasion in a Polarized Age](https://time.com/6222641/save-democracy-the-persuaders-book/) A new book by journalist Anand Giridharadas offers lessons about how to change minds to save democra... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 21, 2019 ### [How America’s Elites Lost Their Grip](https://time.com/5735384/capitalism-reckoning-elitism-in-america-2019/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 10, 2019 ### ['I'm the Sort of Trumpian Anti-Trump.' The Unconventional Lawmaker Trying to Upend the Race for U.K. Prime Minister](https://time.com/5604003/rory-stewart-anti-trump-tory-leadership/) "In terms of the public, I’m winning this race ... In terms of my colleagues, I’m losing it." [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 6, 2019 ### [Bernie Sanders Wants to Change America. But He May Have to Change Himself First.](https://time.com/5601544/bernie-sanders-2020-2/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Jun 6, 2019 ### [Bernie Sander Might Have to Change Himself to Change America](https://time.com/5601996/once-more-with-feelings/) If Bernie Sanders wants to change America, first he may have to change himself [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 11, 2019 ### [The Two Elizabeth Warrens: Bankruptcy Law Liz and Michelob Ultra Betsy](https://time.com/5549223/the-two-elizabeth-warrens-bankruptcy-law-liz-and-michelob-ultra-betsy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 18, 2018 ### [Why Jeff Bezos' Philanthropy Plan Is Well-Intended — and Misguided](https://time.com/5398801/jeff-bezos-philanthropy/) The world's richest man made a key mistake with his generous giving [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 30, 2018 ### [Can We Really Trust the Wealthy to Fix America?](https://time.com/5382439/can-we-trust-the-wealthiest-americans-to-fix-our-country/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/anand-giridharadas/","name":"Anand Giridharadas"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/anand-giridharadas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/anand-giridharadas/"},"name":"Anand Giridharadas","jobTitle":null,"description":"Giridharadas is the author of The Persuaders: At the Center of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy. He is also the author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, The True American. He is a political analyst for NBC News and teaches at NYU.","url":"https://time.com/author/anand-giridharadas/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```