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Pirate equity (with Jim Baker)

Pirate equity (with Jim Baker)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

May 3, 202237m 49s

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Show Notes

The idea behind private equity firms—to buy failing companies and turn them around for a profit—is not inherently bad. So why is private equity such a major driver of economic inequality? Jim Baker, the Executive Director for the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, explains these Wall Street pirates’ risky business practices and shows how workers are paying the price. 


Jim Baker is the Executive Director for the Private Equity Stakeholder Project 


Twitter: @PEstakeholder


Pirate Equity: How Wall Street Firms are Pillaging American Retail https://pestakeholder.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Pirate-Equity-How-Wall-Street-Firms-are-Pillaging-American-Retail-July-2019.pdf 

 

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