The Myth of Private Equity: An Inside Look at Wall Street's Transformative Investments by Jeffrey Hooke
English | October 5th, 2021 | ISBN: 0231198825 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 3.39 MB
Once an obscure niche of the investment world, private equity has grown into a juggernaut, with consequences for a wide range of industries as well as the financial markets. Private equity funds control companies representing trillions of dollars in assets, millions of employees, and the well-being of thousands of institutional investors and their beneficiaries. Even as the ruthlessness of some funds has made private equity a poster child for the harms of unfettered capitalism, many aspects of the industry remain opaque, hidden from the normal bounds of accountability.