Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

By: Patrick Radden Keefe

. the sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: harvard, the metropolitan museum of art, oxford, the louvre. they are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. the source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the sacklers were responsible for making and marketing oxycontin, a blockbuster...