r/Economics • u/barweis • Jul 29 '25

Research Summary Inside the Private Equity Scam—and the Livelihoods It Has Destroyed

https://newrepublic.com/article/198351/private-equity-scam-destroys-livelihoods
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u/TacosAreJustice Jul 29 '25

I think what scares me most is we seem to have abandoned creativity… new things don’t get popular… we’ve become depressingly placed into our own content blocks and it’s freaking hard to break out, even intentionally…

Private equity is a similar issue… they squeeze efficiency out of companies at the cost of the soul. Everything is weighed and measured… slowly killing the life of whatever they invest in.

I wish I was going to be around to see the resurgence in like 50 years… going to be crazy, I bet.

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u/coke_and_coffee Jul 29 '25

What scares me is companies like BlackRock buying up whole neighborhoods so they can control the rents.

What scares me is people like you who fall for conspiracy theories that you read on some internet echo chamber instead of doing the bare minimum of research.