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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

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Focused on the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, Empire of Pain brings Patrick Radden Keefe's historical account to a complex and consequential subject. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of business & economics and history. The result avoids a single easy lesson, emphasizing instead how circumstances, institutions, and individual choices interacted over time. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention.

Publisher: Doubleday
Publication date: Apr 13, 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 560
ISBN: 9780385545686

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Business & Economics: Industries – Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology History: United States – 21st Century Medical: Public Health

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