Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Autori

• Patrick Radden Keefe

Parametri

• 560 pagine
• 20 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri
• Economia e affari
• Saggistica
• Scienza
• Storia

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"The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sackler's were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis. Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling"-- Provided by publisher

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2021

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