Book Reviews: The Myth of Private Equity: An Inside Look at Wall Street’s Transformative Investments

Ford Jonathan . 2019a. Private equity groups’ returns are not as stellar as they seem. Financial Times September 16: 6.

———. 2019b. Why private equity is eroding the market for listings. Financial Times October 21: 6.

———. 2020a. Pension funds and private equity are inseparable bedfellows. Financial Times February 3: 11.

———. 2020b. The real “Money Heist” is taking place in the private equity industry. Financial Times June 22: 11.

Foroohar Rana . 2016. Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business. New York: Crown Business.

Hooke Jeff . 2022. Maryland is wasting its pensioners’ money. Washington Post February 4. Accessed at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/04/maryland-is-wasting-its-pensioners-money/.

Hooke Jeff Barnhill Ted . 2013. Replicating buyout funds through indexing. Journal of Indexes October 23. Accessed at: https://www.etf.com/publications/journalofindexes/joi-articles/20196-replicating-buyout-funds-through-indexing.html?nopaging=1.

Hooke Jeff Yook Ken . 2017. The curious year-to-year performance of buyout fund returns: Another mark-to-market problem? Journal of Private Equity 21 (1): 9–19.

Jenkinson Tim Jones Howard Martinez Jose Vicente . 2016. Picking winners? Investment consultants’ recommendations of fund managers. Journal of Finance 71 (5): 2333–70.

Kelly Kate . 2014. The Secret Club That Runs the World: Inside the Fraternity of Commodity Traders. New York: Portfolio Penguin.

Martin Roger L. 2011. Fixing the Game: How Runaway Expectations Broke the Economy, and How to Get Back to Reality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.

Morgan Jamie . 2009. Private Equity Finance: Rise and Repercussions. London: Palgrave.

Plender John . 2020. Calpers bets big on private equity and leverage in covid times. Financial Times June 22: SR6-12.

Schultz Ellen E. 2011. Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers. New York: Portfolio Penguin.

Starkman Dean . 2015. The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism. New York: Columbia University Press.

Tabb William K. 2012. The Restructuring of Capitalism in Our Time. New York: Columbia University Press.

Thomas Helen . 2022. Private equity’s sell-to-yourself bandwagon is a wild ride. Financial Times June 23: 19.

Wiggins Kaye . 2022. Selling to yourself. Financial Times June 22: 17.