'Through lucid and compelling prose, Feldman and Kenney make a case not just for researchers to expand the evidentiary base of Private Equity impacts on communities but also for policymakers and other civil servants to enact stronger PE regulation and oversight.' Daniel Armanios, Administrative Science Quarterly

• 1. The state of the nation; 2. The private equity model and the looting of local economies; 3. Surveying the demise of the local; 4. What kind of future do we want?; References.

'Through lucid and compelling prose, Feldman and Kenney make a case not just for researchers to expand the evidentiary base of Private Equity impacts on communities but also for policymakers and other civil servants to enact stronger PE regulation and oversight.' Daniel Armanios, Administrative Science Quarterly

• 1. The state of the nation; 2. The private equity model and the looting of local economies; 3. Surveying the demise of the local; 4. What kind of future do we want?; References.

'Through lucid and compelling prose, Feldman and Kenney make a case not just for researchers to expand the evidentiary base of Private Equity impacts on communities but also for policymakers and other civil servants to enact stronger PE regulation and oversight.' Daniel Armanios, Administrative Science Quarterly

• 1. The state of the nation; 2. The private equity model and the looting of local economies; 3. Surveying the demise of the local; 4. What kind of future do we want?; References.