The asset class : how private equity turned capitalism against itself / Hettie O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Hettie, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private equity.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

xix, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, 2026.

Summary:

"For decades, private equity firms have infiltrated every corner of modern life. Wielding debt as a weapon, they push vital services into crisis. Their cover story is that 'creative destruction' is merely essential to growth. Old-school capitalists say they're dismantling everything that made our economies work. 'Private equity,' is its own kind of camouflage that gives no suggestion of the debt involved in its deals nor of the controversial techniques it uses to generate profits. The new owners think they can hide in the shadows. But the owned are fighting back. In The Asset Class, Hettie O'Brien penetrates a hidden empire of billion-dollar deals and covert financial warfare. From Copenhagen to San Francisco and Barcelona to the Yorkshire Dales, she follow the money, the trail of destruction, and the industry's murky ideological roots from 1970s trips to Moscow to the present day. What she finds is chilling: Private equity isn't just reshaping the economy -- it's selling out the very foundations of Western society."-- Book jacket flap.

Contents:

Introduction : Speedy

Under the arches

Back in the USSR

A mighty jungle beast

Dollar signs

A very Danish drama

Good guys R us

Buried treasure

Turning into sludge

Shorting God

Barbarians and bureaucrats.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2026 in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd, a Hachette UK company"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781538766569

1538766566

9781538766576

1538766574

OCLC:

1574877605

Publisher Number:

90104777772