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Empire of Pain
The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
ISBN/EAN: 9781529063073
Umbreit-Nr.: 2075461
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XII, 536 S.
Format in cm: 4.2 x 23.5 x 15.4
Einband:
Paperback
Erschienen am 13.04.2021
- Zusatztext
- 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 in the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis-an international epidemic of drug addiction which has killed nearly half a million people. <b>The story of a dynasty: a parable of 21st century greed.</b>
- Kurztext
- The story of the Sackler Dynasty, Purdue Pharma, and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it generated billions of dollars in profit.