Empire of Pain
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Pros
- Patrick Raden Keefe, Empire of Pain: the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Ever wondered where the opioid crisis came from? Their name is Sackler, and they collectively have about 18.3x more money than God
- Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
- If you’re looking for infuriating then read “Empire of Pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe. It’s about Perdue Pharma and the Sackler family and their contribution to the opioid epidemic.
- Parent context: Non Fiction: Stiff by Mary Roach or Empire of Pain Reply: I remember reading about Empire of Pain when I thought investigative journalism is what I want to read lol.
- So I listened to Empire of Pain over the summer and it was my first audio book, I love that it allowed me to more easily read such a brick of a book.
Cons
- It's one of TWO books I've had to get up and walk away from for a little while. The CALLOUSNESS of the Sacklers almost desperate inability to see how oxy was savaging the country while making them billions, they didn't want to turn off t...
Sentiment
14 positive (93%) · 1 mixed (7%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +94% · raw score 93%
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Patrick Raden Keefe, Empire of Pain: the Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Ever wondered where the opioid crisis came from? Their name is Sackler, and they collectively have about 18.3x more money than God
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
If you’re looking for infuriating then read “Empire of Pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe. It’s about Perdue Pharma and the Sackler family and their contribution to the opioid epidemic.
Parent context: Non Fiction: Stiff by Mary Roach or Empire of Pain Reply: I remember reading about Empire of Pain when I thought investigative journalism is what I want to read lol.
So I listened to Empire of Pain over the summer and it was my first audio book, I love that it allowed me to more easily read such a brick of a book.
Empire of Pain about sacklers and Purdue pharma
follows in a similar vain to a few of my other favourites like ... Empire of Pain (the opioid epidemic in America).
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick radden keefe - empire of pain - abt the sackler family and the development of oxy - all his books are good
‘Empire of Pain’, about the Sackler dynasty.
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