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The public impact of private equity

Big buyout firms have been on a shopping spree lately, taking public companies off the market. Kai Ryssdal talked with Fortune magazine's Adam Lashinsky about what it all means.

The New York headquarters of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management (Timothy A. Clary, AFP/Getty Images)

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