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Friday Letter: Survival of the fittest
Critics of the private equity model frequently suggest it is an easy game with easy profits. Investors are falling over themselves to hand cash to managers who then throw it at target companies, whose management capitulate at the prospect of the gravy train making an unscheduled stop at its door.
