Do You Think the Naming Thingas Was an Exercise in Reputation Laundering?

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The Sacklers' name was removed from a New York gallery in 2012. The family has been linked to theopioid crisis, and some galleries have taken down their names. In an interview with CNN's John Sutter, he says activists like photographer nan goldin helped push for its removal. He adds that if it weren't for those activist artists, there may not have been this reckoning.

How did one family become associated with an epidemic of drug addiction that has caused the death of almost half a million people? In this episode, award-winning writer and author of Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Hannah Kuchler, the FT’s global pharmaceutical correspondent about how he uncovered fresh material on the Sacklers and discovered a modern parable of greed, corruption and cynical philanthropy. To buy the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/empire-of-pain-the-secret-history-of-the-sackler-dynasty-patrick-keefe-subscribers/

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