Megan Greenwell on the ways private equity upends the lives of everyday people

Megan Greenwell's new book, Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, tells the story of four people whose lives were upended by private equity. This hour, we learn about the business of private equity, and how companies that many people don't understand play a big role in our lives.

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• Megan Greenwell: Freelance journalist and author of Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream.

This episode was produced with help from interns Coco Cooley and Isaac Moss

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