Private equity’s nightmare on Main Street

From Reuters.

A spate of books chronicling the industry’s (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/buyout-barons-struggle-heed-buffett-doctrine-2025-05-08/) harmful economic effects are exacerbating its financial (https://www.breakingviews.com/columns/considered-view/buyout-barons-grimly-accept-blue-normal-berlin-2025-06-05/) quandaries. In this episode of The Big View podcast, ‘Bad Company’ author Megan Greenwell discusses how buyout (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/private-credits-mass-appeal-creates-new-risks-2025-05-12/) shops dash the American dream, and ways to thwart them from doing so.

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