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What's Wrong With "The Buyout of America"

In a new book, New York Post reporter Josh Kosman takes aim at the private equity industry, arguing that a wave of portfolio company defaults will trigger the next great credit crisis.

But in trying to make his case, Kosman relies on a series of misstatements, half-truths and selective citations that don't stand up to detailed scrutiny.

What's Wrong with Kosman's Book

White Papers

Private Equity Council white papers offer detailed analysis of a variety of important issues involving the economy and private equity investments.

Strengthening U.S. Competitiveness in the Global Economy, by noted economists Martin N. Baily and Matthew J. Slaughter, examines the critical issues facing the U.S. as it seeks to maintain and strengthen its global economic leadership in the 21st Century.

Strengthening U.S. Competitiveness in the Global Economy

Public Value: A Primer on Private Equity, explores the contributions that private equity investment firms make to the global economy and detail the manner in which private equity firms strengthen companies and deliver superior returns to their investors.

Public Value: A Primer on Private Equity

Driving Growth: How Private Equity Investments Strengthen American Companies uses three case studies to illustrate the ways that private equity investment firms add value to the companies they acquire.

Driving Growth: How Private Equity Investments Strengthen American Companies

Demystifying the Credit Crunch: A Primer and Glossary is an effort to contribute to a better understanding of the issues, the terms and the trends that gave rise to the credit crunch. It includes both a background paper and a glossary of terms.

Demystifying the Credit Crunch: A Primer and Glossary (updated December 2008)