[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  kristen shaughnessy [@kshaughnessy2](/creator/twitter/kshaughnessy2) on x 24.3K followers Created: 2025-07-12 11:25:05 UTC "Four Books Sound the Alarm About the Power of Private Equity" "...Critics say that the firms are turning to the “retail” market because they have tapped out big pension funds—and that private markets are a bad fit for individual savers. Smooth valuations can mask big problems and private-market funds can prevent clients from getting their money out in stressed markets, they say..... ....“Not only is immense wealth accumulated in the hands of the few, but these individuals also have profound influence on increasingly broad swaths of the economy,” Khajuria writes..... ...The book (Plunder) catalogs people who lost jobs and pensions while working for stores, restaurants and technology companies that went bust after being bought by private equity. There are also accounts of hospital patients who died because private-equity owners cut staff..... What then might improve corporate citizenship at alternative investment firms? The answer to this question, like most others on Wall Street, is to follow the money. .."  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [money](/topic/money) [private equity](/topic/private-equity) [$alrm](/topic/$alrm) [Post Link](https://x.com/kshaughnessy2/status/1943995022006730849)
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kristen shaughnessy @kshaughnessy2 on x 24.3K followers
Created: 2025-07-12 11:25:05 UTC
"Four Books Sound the Alarm About the Power of Private Equity"
"...Critics say that the firms are turning to the “retail” market because they have tapped out big pension funds—and that private markets are a bad fit for individual savers. Smooth valuations can mask big problems and private-market funds can prevent clients from getting their money out in stressed markets, they say.....
....“Not only is immense wealth accumulated in the hands of the few, but these individuals also have profound influence on increasingly broad swaths of the economy,” Khajuria writes.....
...The book (Plunder) catalogs people who lost jobs and pensions while working for stores, restaurants and technology companies that went bust after being bought by private equity. There are also accounts of hospital patients who died because private-equity owners cut staff.....
What then might improve corporate citizenship at alternative investment firms? The answer to this question, like most others on Wall Street, is to follow the money. .."
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