Kosman, Josh.
Summary: An authoritative expose of the mysterious and potentially dangerous world of private equity Few people realize that the top private equity firms, such as Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, have become the nation's largest employers through the businesses they own. Using leveraged buyouts that load their acquired companies with loans, private equity firms have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 338.5 KOSStiglitz, Joseph E.
Summary: In this forthright and incisive book, Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz explains how America exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behavior to the rest of the world, only to cobble together a haphazard and ineffective response when the markets finally seized up. Stiglitz then outlines a way to restore the balance between markets and government, address the inequalities of the global...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2010