📗 Libro en inglés ETHICALLY CHALLENGED

Revealing the dark truth about the impact of predatory private equity firms on American health care Won Gold from the Axiom Book Award in the Category of Business Ethics the Benjamin Franklin Awards by the Independent Book Publishers Association and the North American Book Award in the Catergory of Business Finance Finalist of the American Book Fest Best Book Social Change and Current Events by the American Book FestPrivate equity PE firms pervade all aspects of our modern lives Unlike other corporations which generally manufacture products or provide services they leverage considerable debt and other people s money to buy and sell businesses with the sole aim of earning supersized profits in the shortest time possible With a voracious appetite and trillions of dollars at its disposal the private equity industry is now buying everything from your opioid treatment center to that helicopter that helps swoop you up from a car crash site It may even control how and when you can get your kidney dialysis In Ethically Challenged Laura Katz Olson describes how PE firms are gobbling up physician and dental practices home care and hospice agencies substance abuse eating disorder and autism services urgent care facilities and emergency medical transportation W