I’ll be in discussion with the brilliant @annpettifor.bsky.social on 28 April at Libreria in London - just a few tickets left! Get yours here: libreria.io/the-hidden-e...

I’ll be talking about THE ASSET CLASS at @bookhaus.bsky.social in Bristol this coming Monday: tickets are available online www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/boo...

I’ll be in Edinburgh next Thursday talking about THE ASSET CLASS at @lighthousebks.bsky.social - get your ticket here: lighthousebookshop.com/events/the-a...

Duncan's review has persuaded at least one person to buy it (me!) & hopefully many more.

Forever impressed by the incredible work that @adriennebuller.bsky.social has done to create The Breakdown, and their new issue is out next month. It's going to be a good one!

‘Public austerity on the one hand, private leverage on the other’ An interview with Hettie O’Brien on her new book, The Asset Class.

I had a great time talking to Evan Robins at @vashtimedia.bsky.social about THE ASSET CLASS recently - you can read our interview here: www.vashtimedia.com/the-asset-cl...

A very generous review of THE ASSET CLASS in this week’s New Statesman from @duncanweldon.bsky.social, who really got what I was trying to achieve when he described it as a “detective story” that “reads more like a thriller”.
In print today! www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

I’ll be talking about THE ASSET CLASS at @bookhaus.bsky.social in Bristol this coming Monday: tickets are available online www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/boo...

I had the pleasure of speaking to Planet Critical about THE ASSET CLASS recently - you can listen here: www.planetcritical.com/how-finance-...

I had the pleasure of speaking to Planet Critical about THE ASSET CLASS recently - you can listen here: www.planetcritical.com/how-finance-...

The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself By Hettie O’Brien

Essential reading: this new book investigates the nefarious workings of private equity and its harmful impact on our lives.

@hettieobrien.bsky.social explains tricky financial concepts and infuriating stories - from care homes to housing to water privatisation - in an engaging style.

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Five UK water companies spent more than £32mn on appeal to raise bills Utilities argued for additional increases to attract investors and avoid breaching licence conditions

when your entire gameplan involves pushing consequences onto other people, £32m probably feels like money well spent: www.ft.com/content/0094...

How Private Equity Ruined Capitalism | Hettie O'Brien YouTube video by Planet: Critical

I would hugely recommend you give this is a listen. @hettieobrien.bsky.social has that kind of super intelligent clarity of thought that reminds me of @leaypi.bsky.social. Time to wake up and do stuff.

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IMPORTANT BOOK by Hettie O'Brien

Buy it. Try buying locally and see how important it really is.

Huge congrats to @hettieobrien.bsky.social on her new book! If you want to know who is behind the degradation of our public services, look no further than private equity. Hettie's done such a great job of making this hidden world accessible through her brilliant research, journalism and writing.

Absolutely buzzing after the London launch of THE ASSET CLASS at Reference Point last night. Thanks to everyone who came down - we had a full house!

Delighted to see that THE ASSET CLASS is currently no.1 in international finance on Amazon! Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy. For those of you in the US, it comes out on 23 June

I'm reading this atm and I strongly recommend it - superb reporting on a very important subject

… Publishing a book is a real privilege and a collective endeavour. Thanks in particular to my editor, Ed Lake, at @wnbooks.bsky.social. I hope you all enjoy THE ASSET CLASS as much as I enjoyed writing it.

… The research took me from 1970s Moscow to modern-day San Francisco, and along the way I managed to sneak in stories about TikTok house flippers, maverick short sellers and embattled pensioners

I wanted to bring this vital subject to life by telling stories about private equity’s hidden figures and the people affected by their world-consuming methods...

No one denies that financial chicanery matters, but these subjects can feel pretty remote, and the details are often so tedious that you start to suspect some kind of plot to stop people from paying too much attention…

Despite its astonishing power to shape how we live, few people know what private equity is, or how it works. As a journalist, I wanted to see inside this black box…

THE ASSET CLASS publishes today! The book is a roving investigation of private equity, a surreptitious realm of finance that has infiltrated almost every corner of our lives…

We’re in airport bookshops! Thanks to political economy queen @rosiecollington.bsky.social for spotting THE ASSET CLASS at Gatwick

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The book is out tomorrow, and it's now available on the @theguardian.com bookshop, where it's currently 10% off: guardianbookshop.com/the-asset-cl...

First UK tour dates for THE ASSET CLASS! I’m really looking forward to talking about the book in person over the next few months at a bookshop / gallery near you. We'll be adding more events in the UK and internationally soon

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned C...

"Even if people are forced to cut back on all other forms of spending, they’ll always need water, energy and somewhere to live." Such a good piece by @hettieobrien.bsky.social, who has an astonishing ability to make clear the human stakes of abstract economics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned C...

The more I’ve learned about private equity, the more I’ve come to see it as a metaphor for how power and wealth now operate in Britain. I wrote about it for @theguardian.com - two days before THE ASSET CLASS publishes: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned C...

This is an outstanding piece by @hettieobrien.bsky.social

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