The Asset Class - How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself

A thrilling, eye-opening investigation into private equity, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive, it could have been created to undermine our way of life

About the author

Hettie O'Brien is a journalist at the Guardian, where she writes for the Guardian Long Read. She previously worked at the New Statesman and as a reporter in Washington covering the Federal Trade Commission. She lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Hettie O'Brien
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 09.04.2026
• EAN: 9781399619295
• ISBN: 978-1-399-61929-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Business: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Capitalism, Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / Wealth Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Finance / Private Equity, Capital markets and securities law and regulation, Finance and the finance industry