You've probably heard the term private equity, but you might not know what it does. This episode looks at how private equity is embedded in our everyday lives, funded by the institutions that surround us, and what kind of impact that has on us. It also explores how sociologists can study that impact. To learn more, I'm joined by economist Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Dylan Nelson, a PhD Sociology student at the University of Michigan. Show notes: Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street by Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt https://www.russellsage.org/publications/private-equity-work Center for Economic and Policy Research: https://cepr.net Dylan Nelson: https://www.dylanknelson.com/