{"title":"Business \u0026 Economics--Corporate Finance--Private Equity","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bad-company-private-equity-and-the-death-of-the-american-dream","title":"Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* KIRKUS BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e*ONE OF AV CLUB'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[An] indictment of an industry that has cannily tilted the playing field in its favor. \u003ci\u003eBad Company\u003c\/i\u003e details how clichéd abstractions like 'consolidation' and 'efficiency' have given cover to real betrayals.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of corporate takeovers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate equity runs our country, yet few Americans have any idea how ingrained it is in their lives. 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Only private equity wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell's \u003ci\u003eBad Company\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the hidden story of corporate greed and the world of private equity by examining the lives of four American workers that were devastated as private equity upended their employers and communities: a Toys R Us floor supervisor, a rural doctor, a local newspaper journalist, and an affordable housing organizer. Taken together, their individual experiences also pull back the curtain on a much larger project: how the relentless pursuit of shareholder value reshaped the American economy to serve its own interests, creating a new class of billionaires while stripping ordinary people of their livelihoods, their health care, their homes, and their sense of security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of deeply human reportage like Matthew Desmond's \u003ci\u003eEvicted\u003c\/i\u003e, Megan Greenwell pulls back the curtain on shadowy multibillion dollar private equity firms, telling a larger story about how private equity is reshaping the economy, disrupting communities, and hollowing out the very idea of the American dream itself. 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