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The ?infuriating, illuminating, essential? (Kurt Anderson) expos of private equity: what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop itPrivate equity surrounds us. Firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, and KKR are among the largest employers in America and hold assets that rival those of small countries. Yet few understand what these firms are or how they work.In Plunder, Brendan Ballou explains how private equity has reshaped American business by raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, and shifting resources from productive to unproductive parts of the economy. Ballou vividly illustrates how many private equity firms buy up retailers, medical practices, prison services, nursinghome chains, and mobilehome parks, among other businesses, using little of their own money to do it and avoiding debt and liability for their actions. Forced to take on huge debts and pay extractive fees, companies purchased by private equity firms are often left bankrupt, or shells of their former selves, with consequences to communities that long depended on them.Perhaps most startling is Ballou?s insight into how this is happening with the active support of various arms of the government. But, as Ballou reveals in an agenda for reining in the industry, private equity can be stopped from wreaking further havoc.
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Plunder's book really opened my eyes to the tactics used in the private equity world. The examples and case studies are well-researched, and I found the writing engaging. I bought it to understand the impact on the economy, and it didn’t disappoint!
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Maria Gonzalez
Informative but a Bit Technical
While Plunder delivers some solid insights into private equity, I felt it got bogged down in too many technical details at times. It’s great for those really into finance, but I struggled to keep up in some parts. Still, it's worth a read if you're interested in the subject.
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Nathan Chen
Disappointed with the Delivery Condition
I was really excited to read Plunder, but it arrived with a damaged cover. The content seems interesting from what I’ve scanned so far, but I wish the packaging was better. I hope the next copy I get is in better shape.
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