When a big company donates thousands of computers to public schools while lobbying to squelch tax hikes that would keep those schools funded, that’s MarketWorld in action. Giridharadas thinks the MarketWorld ethos enables those in charge to convey a sense of sacrifice while comfortably calling the shots, thereby preserving their place at the top. He calls it MarketWorld, a place where any problem can be solved by market forces-including issues involving public health or primary education, which common sense suggests only governments or massive publicly funded institutions can possibly tackle.
The villains in Giridharadas’s tale live in a land Fortune readers will recognize.
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