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marissuhhhhh's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
This is my campaign to make this book required reading in 2024:
Like big tech in tech in the 2010s and sub-prime lenders in the 2000s, private equity's pillage of US companies is the most recent iteration of powerful actors screwing the American public.
Ballou's writing was clear, comprehensive, so well-organized, and (most importantly) solution-oriented.
I would give this 10 stars if I could.
Like big tech in tech in the 2010s and sub-prime lenders in the 2000s, private equity's pillage of US companies is the most recent iteration of powerful actors screwing the American public.
Ballou's writing was clear, comprehensive, so well-organized, and (most importantly) solution-oriented.
I would give this 10 stars if I could.
bontho4713's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
phaas's review against another edition
challenging
informative
medium-paced
5.0
A MUST READ for anyone living in the US. Private equity affects us all, in more ways than we realize.
(Color me shocked when I was reading this book and found one of my former employers was bought by a private equity company. Probably why treatment of employees careened downhill so fast and the company filed for unemployment. But I didn’t know then. I just knew I was stressed, underpaid, and needed a new job.)
(Color me shocked when I was reading this book and found one of my former employers was bought by a private equity company. Probably why treatment of employees careened downhill so fast and the company filed for unemployment. But I didn’t know then. I just knew I was stressed, underpaid, and needed a new job.)
sauvegypsy's review against another edition
Too dark with themes, too many people were fleeced by corporations that I couldn't stomach any more.
toxicpick's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.75