Why the $3T 'private credit' industry is Wall Street’s latest worry : NPR

"It's [only] March, and we've had AI angst, private credit angst, and now we have a war. So there's a lot of angst," Aganga says...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5747128/private-credit-equity-jamie-dimon-wall-street 

 

Private Equity's Housing Takeover. We Need to Get Them Out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dl1VCdlbZI

 

Jared Kushner is at the heart of the Paramount-WBD bid

Paramount left out a significant fact in the press release announcing its offer: the bid includes funding from the private equity firm owned by Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, as well as three Arab monarchies, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, which collectively have billions of dollars in ongoing ventures involving the Trump family business. Those details were buried in required paperwork filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/11/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-deal

 

Private equity’s latest victim? Your grandma’s nursing home.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bc6sMzf4TN0.

 

Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KxY1lIHCbYI

 

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals' versus non-private equity hospitals…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/private-equity-hospitals-medicare-patient-deaths

 

Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-rates-rose-hospital-ers-private-equity-firms-took-study-finds-rcna233211 

 

Here's what happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood : Planet Money : NPR

What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself...

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2025/09/09/g-s1-87699/private-equity-corporate-landlords 

 

JOANN Fabrics, Party City, Toys R Us, Red Lobster — private equity drove them all to the ground

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9qgkDEGXMlw

 

Private Equity P4. The Special Dividend Loan.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ckoitpR-hNU

 

FTC sues to block medical device coatings deal

The Federal Trade Commission under President Trump is making its first move to challenge private equity in health care, by suing to block the $627 million acquisition of a maker of specialized coatings for catheters and other medical devices…

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/trump-ftc-sues-block-medical-device-deal

Joann’s is Closing in May. You Can Blame Private Equity

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fetutHjc91A

Most People Don't Realize Just HOW Concentrated The Economy Has Become

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZbAQIv3_ZY

Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds

"As our investigation revealed, these financial entities are putting their own profits over patients, leading to health and safety violations, chronic understaffing, and hospital closures," Whitehouse said in a statement. "Private equity investors have pocketed millions while driving hospitals into the ground and then selling them off, leaving towns and communities to pick up the pieces."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/private-equity-reduces-patient-care-enriching-investors-senate-report-rcna186636

Senate report: How private equity ‘gutted’ dozens of U.S. hospitals - The Washington Post

"The only real solution is to pass laws preventing private equity ownership of certain critical businesses. Extractive capitalism should flourish only where it can't kill people."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/17/private-equity-steward-hospital-bankruptcy/

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Private equity ownership of US hospice centers boomed in recent years – study

Investors spent about $1tn buying healthcare facilities over last decade, leading to reports of worsening patient care…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/03/us-hospice-care-private-equity

Hospital debacle puts focus on private equity

It also comes as the Biden administration launched an investigation into private equity acquisitions of health care providers. 

Just yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission held a virtual workshop during which such deals were heavily criticized...

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/hospital-debacle-private-equity-cerberus-steward 

‘Huge tax breaks’: private equity prepares for a boon from Congress

Some of largest and most profitable companies in the US are primed to save billions of dollars from a congressional tax deal that critics say gives "billions in tax credits to the biggest corporations while giving pennies to middle-class children and families". And private equity funds could be among the deal's biggest beneficiaries, a Guardian analysis suggests…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/01/corporate-tax-breaks-private-equity

Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals - The New York Times

Some private equity owners may be overly eager to cut costs, leading to a decline in the quality of care, he said. "It's about the style of investing," he said. "It's about the aggressiveness and short-time-frame profits and returns on investment that are sought." In the cases where they do not pursue this strategy, private equity can be positive, Dr. Blumenthal added: "It brings capital. It brings innovation." 

The researchers said the most likely explanation for the increased errors was fewer hospital employees, an effect that has been measured in other studies of private equity. "Reductions in staffing after acquisition could explain all of these findings," Dr. Song said...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/upshot/hospitals-medical-errors.html

This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSn0iqzVv4