Private Equity and the Demise of the Local: The Loss of Community Economic Power and Autonomy

by Martin Kenney and Maryann Feldman

Capitalism is a powerful engine that requires finance. Private equity is part of the neoliberal transformation of capitalism that has failed the average citizen and unleashed a tsunami of leveraged acquisitions that have destroyed entire sectors of our economy. Private equity has become a powerful force that has moved from restructuring industrial firms to buying up just about any economic activity in local communities that has assets that can be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009321846
• ISBN13: 9781009321846
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"