The implosion of a $16.5 billion Citrix Systems debt deal reveals how private equity firms always manage to wriggle out of trouble.
Maureen Tkacik
Maureen Tkacik is investigations editor at the Prospect and a senior fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Another Private Equity–Style Hospital Raid Kills a Busy Urban Hospital
A nonprofit that endlessly boasts about its ‘inclusive culture’ decides it’s had enough of the ATL.
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A Community Hospital in Deep-Red Wyoming
After significant cutbacks and tragedies at their private equity–owned hospital, the community of Riverton, Wyoming, tried something different.
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The Nursing Home Slumlord Manifesto
In a surreal new lawsuit, New York nursing home owners say they make nearly a billion dollars a year understaffing homes and shortchanging patients.
Posted inBooks
Built to Lie
A new book about the Boeing 737 MAX disaster exposes the company’s allergy to the truth.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Sacklers?
Judges have grown accustomed to issuing get-out-of-litigation cards to corporate looters in bankruptcy court.
Posted inBooks
What’s Missing In Between Shifts
Gabriel Winant’s book de-emphasizes manufacturing and highlights care workers. But it neglects the forces of power that keep all workers down.
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Despite Pandemic Carnage, Predatory Nursing Home Financiers Keep Thriving
Joel Landau, who has a history of stripping nursing homes for real estate gains, now owns the largest chain in the country.
Posted inFamily Care
The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
A tragic history of how we’ve treated elderly citizens, for profit