The Private Equity Heist
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How Wall Street Plotted the Perfect Crime
No alarms were triggered. No headlines screamed.
There was no raid, no getaway car, no televised trial.
But across America, a silent heist was already underway.
The clues were scattered in plain sight:
Shuttered toy stores.
Empty shopping plazas.
Small-town hospitals closing their doors.
Workers showing up one morning to find their jobs — and pensions — gone.
At first, it was easy to explain away.
“That’s just the market,” they said.
“Amazon is killing retail,” they shrugged.
“Healthcare is complicated.”
But beneath the surface, something more deliberate was unfolding.