| Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 383 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-383). |
| Contents |
Introduction: "money-spinning machines": let the looting begin -- A note to readers -- "Pizza the hut": Leon Black and the art of the fleece -- "Greed is good": the plunderers come for the American middle class -- "Project savior": the politician who gave Leon Black his big start -- "I really need to understand what you do": one woman against the machine -- "The fire sale approach": how one of the greatest giveaways came about -- "No boy scout": plunder's many rewards -- "The real players": skating from the crime scene -- "Strong enough to stand on": savaging an American powerhouse called Samsonite -- "We have 2,500 families that depend on us getting it right": bleeding New Madrid, Missouri, dry -- "Capitalism on steroids": no lusher target than healthcare -- Call to action went unheeded: standing by while corporations practice medicine -- "Like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939": a special tax treatment that mints billionaires -- "Money for nothing": investigators home in on fleecers' fees and practices -- "Oppressing Indigenous people": bulldozing through our wetlands -- "Hiding in the background, rarely held to account": mining for Medicare gold -- "Special and symbiotic": Apollo goes back to its roots -- "No evidence of wrongdoing": Leon Black makes his exit -- Conclusion: who will stop the bleeding? |
| Summary |
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist and a policy analyst expose the greed and pillaging of a small group of celebrated Wall Street financiers who use excessive debt and dubious practices to undermine our nation's economy while enriching themselves: private equity"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Private equity -- United States.
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Private equity -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Private equity funds -- United States.
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Income distribution -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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| Added Author |
Rosner, Joshua, author.
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| ISBN |
9781982191283 (hardcover) |
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1982191287 (hardcover) |
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