thomas bollen

Companies are being stripped of their assets, employees are being laid off, and prices for essential services are soaring. Private equity firms are increasingly acquiring healthy institutions to enrich themselves through shady financial schemes. Thomas Bollen goes into conversation with journalist Hettie O’Brien, who reveals how this form of capitalism is reshaping the economy while putting the very foundations of Western society up for sale. What can be done to counter this high-level plunder in healthcare, education, and housing?

Thomas Bollen is a financial economist specializing in monetary affairs. He is fascinated by the economic ideas, models, and propaganda that shape how we live together. For Follow The Money, he writes about financial misconduct, economic dogmas—and the alternatives to them. In 2025, he published the book Geld genoeg, maar niet voor jou (Plenty of Money, But Not for You).