{"product_id":"how-private-equity-will-break-southerland-publishing-9798287476434","title":"How Private Equity Will Break America: How Wall Street's Takeover of Healthcare, Housing, Retail, and Public Services Threatens the American Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho really owns your hospital, your job, your home-or even your 911 call center?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Private Equity Will Break America\u003c\/i\u003e is a hard-hitting investigation into the shadow financial empire quietly reshaping the American economy. From bankrupt retail giants to crumbling nursing homes, the story is the same: private equity firms use borrowed money to buy companies, strip their assets, cut essential services, and extract profits-leaving workers, communities, and taxpayers to deal with the fallout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn gripping, evidence-driven prose, this book exposes how private equity infiltrates nearly every corner of American life: gutting local newsrooms, shuttering rural hospitals, fueling the housing crisis, and profiting from the opioid epidemic. It unpacks the financial engineering tactics-leveraged buyouts, dividend recapitalizations, asset-stripping, and sale-leasebacks-that have turned once-functional institutions into brittle shells of their former selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on real-world examples from Toys \"R\" Us to emergency room staffing firms, from military contractors to funeral homes, the book lays bare how PE firms shift risk to the public while securing taxpayer-funded profits. Behind it all lies a broken regulatory system, political lobbying, and the illusion of market efficiency masking systemic exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a tale of corporate villains in dark rooms-it's a detailed autopsy of an economy transformed into a high-yield investment vehicle, one acquisition at a time. Whether you're a policymaker, pension fund trustee, healthcare worker, or just an ordinary citizen, this is the one book that explains how and why the financialization of America threatens its foundations-and what must be done to stop it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Southerland Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798287476434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Southerland Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154098565375,"sku":"9798287476434","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97ce7858-71cc-4e1e-ae19-ee6da907d37f.jpg?v=1770787879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-private-equity-will-break-southerland-publishing-9798287476434","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}