The original draft of "Winners Take All" had the same themes as the final published book -- and the same origins a couple of years prior. But it was unpolished and, at times, too sharp, too biting. People I trusted who read it, including my editors, agreed with what I was arguing but felt the way I was arguing it would turn people away. A book needs to persuade. "You've got to find the love in it," one friend wisely told me.

So I did. And a different book resulted.

Now, for the first time, I'm sharing these outtakes. They didn't belong in the book. It was right to cut them. But they do belong to be in the world, I think. Quietly. Not published. Viewed in private. Seeing a deleted passage -- and only you will see it -- may cast the book in a different light, opening it to new interpretations.

Here, an unpublished excerpt from my reporting at the final Clinton Global Initiative. An edition of one, for the owner's eyes only.

NOTE: This unpublished excerpt remains the copyright of the author. Purchasing the collectible entitles you to view the document but not to publish or share it publicly. Some names and details have been altered.