Special Purpose Acquisition Companies

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Blank-cheque vehicles and the 2020-21 boom. There is essentially no serious book literature; the best work is the Klausner, Ohlrogge and Ruan paper A Sober Look at SPACs and contemporaneous financial journalism.

3 books

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  1. The Cult of WeEliot Brown, Maureen Farrell, 2021
  2. Going PublicDakin Campbell, 2021
  3. The Man Who Broke CapitalismDavid Gelles, 2022

Books 3

The Cult of We
T2 The Cult of We
Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell · 2021 · WeWork, which finally reached the market through a SPAC; the era's signature story.
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Going Public
T3 Going Public
Dakin Campbell · 2021 · On direct listings and the alternatives to the traditional IPO, SPACs included.
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The Man Who Broke Capitalism
T3 The Man Who Broke Capitalism
David Gelles · 2022 · Background on the conglomerate-building impulse the vehicles revived.
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