# Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A reader highly recommends it; the most common caveat is a painfully repetitive third act.

## Why people recommend it

- Highly recommended by a reader (1 comments): "I highly recommend this book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48008379))

## What people warn about

- Third act is painfully repetitive (1 comments): "skip the third act, which is painfully repetitive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010535))
- Title is unfortunate (1 comments): "This book got a unfortunate title." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009382))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Plunder%3A+Private+Equity%27s+Plan+to+Pillage+America+by+Brendan+Ballou&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou", https://hackerapproved.com/p/plunder-private-equity-s-plan-to-pillage-america/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).