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A pro-worker experiment in private equity

2026-04-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·25m 41s ·by NPR
A pro-worker experiment in private equity
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About this episode

Live event info and tickets here. If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a little nervous? You might find yourself wondering if there will be layoffs. And you’d be right to worry about that. Research shows that while private equity ownership can boost a compan