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Private equity outcomes good for shareholders, mixed for others

Research evidence (associated with Josh Lerner) on private equity buyouts shows outcomes tend to be good for shareholders but mixed for customers and employees, with more anecdotal and reported evidence being considerably worse for customers and employees.

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Speaker

Stephen Dubner

Evidence Quote

For shareholders, it tends to be good. But, a lot of the more-reported and anecdotal evidence is much worse for customers and employees.

Source

Twenty Years of Freakonomics (with Stephen Dubner)EconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:23:34 AM

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