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    A pro-worker experiment in private equity

    Planet Money · Apr 8, 2026 · 26 min
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    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 company’s productivity, it does generally result in job cuts. But one private equity executive is trying…

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