[manifoldgeo]

For a more long-form answer to your question, I recommend checking out "Plunder - Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America" by Brendan Ballou [0]. He gives some insights into the tactics used by private equity firms to acquire, gut, and destroy existing companies and profit by doing so.

Refs: 0: https://www.plunderthebook.com/

[criddell]

What solutions does he propose?