Plunder

by Brendan Ballou

PublicAffairs · 2025 · 368 pages

This investigative deep dive exposes the opaque world of private equity, revealing how these investment firms systematically acquire and dismantle American businesses. The author meticulously details the tactics used, from leveraging debt to extracting fees, often leaving once-thriving companies and their communities in ruins. If you're curious about the hidden forces shaping our economy and want to understand how this powerful industry operates with government complicity, this book offers a crucial, eye-opening account.

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