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Private equity engages in unethical business practices that drive up the cost of housing, healthcare, and other essentials.

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See talk page. I did the research

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in February 2024, private equity destroyed a small town in Pennsylvania by abruptly abandoning the State's largest coal-fired power plant there, terminating all employees with only 90 days notice and no employment alternatives available.

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distorted pro sports to become pro-gambling, and as of 2023 is eyeing taking over college sports

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Here is ''Forbes''' top ten list of private equity firms for 2023

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see also: Overview of Private Equity in the Harvard Business Review

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real estate havoc - recent San Fran example

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defaults on massive (non-recourse) loans that it can pay, such as on two of the biggest hotels in San Francisco in June 2023, thereby harming the region;

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Today private equity owns and controls companies that employ 1 in every 14 workers in the U.S.

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In fact, private equity increasingly ...

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In ''Plunder'' (2023), Brendan Ballou explains that private equity has caused massive job losses, increased prices, and reduced quality as it purchases ...

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→‎Criticism: Private equity often loads small companies with debt, while laying off their employees and putting the companies on a path to financial ruin. In the process private equity firms seek to "flip" the targets to pocket a profit for themselves

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Like mushrooms growing in the dark, pro-globalism has grown to more than $11 trillion by early 2023, and heavily influences politicians from both parties in control of Congress.

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Two of the largest private equity firms are Blackstone and Apollo Global Management, both of which are prominent in promoting self-serving globalism. Apollo added Anti-Trumper Pat Toomey to its board of dire

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Critics point out that private equity firms are run by shrewd people who are skilled at exploitation, without adding any real value. Trump and many others aware of private equity firms dislike them for subtracting rather than adding value.

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A start to a more important part of the economy - anyone want to continue?