An investigative account of how private equity reshapes American life through leveraged buyouts, debt, fee extraction, asset sales, and regulatory influence. From retail and hospitals to housing, education, news, retirement, emergency services, and the opioid crisis, this book traces the human cost of financial engineering and examines reforms that could restore accountability.
An investigative account of how private equity reshapes American life through leveraged buyouts, debt, fee extraction, asset sales, and regulatory influence. From retail and hospitals to housing, education, news, retirement, emergency services, and the opioid crisis, this book traces the human co...