Name: Merchants Of Debt
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George Anders

With borrowed money, borrowed management, and great nerve, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired one Fortune 500 company after another--and changed the face of American business. Excerpted in the Wall Street Journal.

Kkr And The Mortgaging Of American Business

Merchants Of Debt

First published in 1992 (by Basic Books), this reprint is timely now in the wake of Enron and WorldCom. Anders tells the story of how Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) took advantage of Wall Street's tolerance of debt to finagle massive corporate takeovers of companies that included Safeway, Drexel, and

Merchants Of Debt Kkr And The Mortgaging Of American Business

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