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naomi :•)
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Genocide of Native American tribes being a constant inclusion in all of the case studies is so interesting and horrible
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Zana
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“(Two finance professors argued that those figures actually significantly understated job losses by miscategorizing different types of buyouts, suggesting that employment shrinks by more than 25 percent in the five years after a public company is bought by private equity.)”
— Feb 22, 2026 10:53PM
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Zana
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“...If driving it out of business while selling its real estate and collecting its management fees will make more money than actually producing goods, liquidation is not just the best option, but indeed the only one.”
— Feb 22, 2026 10:40PM
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Zana
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Achieving peak masochism by reading about private equity after my employer announced that they've been bought out by private equity
— Feb 22, 2026 10:12PM
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Steven Wilke
is on page 196 of 294
Now on to the ‘after’ of PE, which is ending the book in a more uplifting moment. But while I appreciate the anecdotes and narratives, this book still feels very surface level. I wish I could get more detail on these narratives.
— Feb 22, 2026 07:34PM
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Jose Bernardo
is on page 197 of 294
Muy interesante el capitulo donde se detalla el esfuerzo comunitario en Riverfon por aperturar un hospital sin fines de lucro impulsado por la comunidad derivado de el mal servicio del hospital que se tenia en la comunidad que al ser adquirido por un private equity fue recortando servicios y calidad.
— Feb 22, 2026 08:48AM
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Steven Wilke
is on page 161 of 294
Jesus PE is rough. The writing here is a bit surface level, almost like too elementary, but still solid points
— Feb 22, 2026 06:43AM
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