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Elizabeth Warren: “Private equity takeovers are legal looting that make a handful of Wall Street executives very rich while costing…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2026
Private equity takeovers are legal looting that make a handful of Wall Street executives very rich while costing thousands of people their jobs, putting valuable companies out of business, and in the case of health care, is literally a matter of life and death.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
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salon.com

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Discussing the impact of private equity on jobs and businesses.

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