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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 12:38 AM1 replyview on HN

Broadly speaking, private equity is used to describe anything leveraged we don’t like. When we like it, we tend to describe it as a start-up, family business or simply “firm.”


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youarentrightjrtoday at 1:50 AM

Hey, it's you again! I was wondering if you would pop up in the comments defending private equity as you've done in the past.

Continuing our discussion from last time, can you elaborate on why you think quoting Revlon is sufficient to excuse the practical differences between public and PE companies?

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