Comment by wnc3141

I think your'e right that the playbook in reality looks more like a short term squeeze of cashflow with schemes far less imaginative than you'd think.

Some recent news stories I have enjoyed on the matter

*about Authentic Brands Inc - which in short parks on defunct retail brands and liscences out the manufacture while owning no capital themselves. https://www.npr.org/2023/11/02/1209684529/retail-bankruptcy-...

Two part podcast on implications of private equity form Freakonomics (I find balanced, rigorous, and asks challenging questions of its contributors)

1) https://freakonomics.com/podcast/should-you-trust-private-eq...

2) https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-private-equity-firms-pl...