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Elizabeth Warren: “Companies bought by private equity firms are 10 times more…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

Private Equity Guts Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals: Let's Talk About the Economy Episode 5

Published November 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:23

So it's sort of like stealing cars and selling them for the parts, right? Yeah, sort of. Over and over. They buy up businesses doing just fine and then run them into the ground. In fact, Companies bought by private equity firms are 10 times more likely to go bankrupt than those that aren't. So what's going on? Well, it looks something like this. Step one, A private equity firm buys a business like Red Lobster, but they typically don't buy it with their own cash. (01:23–01:31)

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“Washington has done next to nothing to rein in these [private equity] firms.”
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“I'm working on a few different bills that would put a stop to this [private equity practices].”
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“I wrote my Stop Wall Street Looting act to make sure that these private equity firms are held accountable.”
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“My Corporate Crimes Against Health Care act specifically addresses the problem of private equity head on in the health care industry.”
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“Senators on both sides of the aisle are starting to take notice [of private equity issues].”
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