Excellent long read from Alex Blasdel explaining the dangerous rise of private equity, which he likens to a virus:

"..private equity exists to replicate and enlarge itself, not to build anything in particular....

...every day we’re not regulating it, we’re letting it regulate us. We’re letting it take over our cells and replicate aggressively. It’s clear who’s on the winning side of that bargain"

#PrivateEquity #VampireCapitalism
#BuyStripFlip #Finance
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/10/slash-and-burn-is-private-equity-out-of-control?CMP=GTUK_email

Slash and burn: is private equity out of control?

The long read: From football clubs to water companies, music catalogues to care homes, private equity has infiltrated almost every facet of modern life in its endless search to maximise profits

^{Alex Blasdel (The Guardian)}