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Watch the first episode of season 4.

The Good: Private Equity helped many companies in unique ways during the Covid-19.

The Bad: Many Private Equity-controlled companies were particularly hurt during the crisis due to the high debt put by PE on them, and many UK well-known companies went bankrupt as a result.

The Ugly: Many highly indebted PE-controlled companies were rescued by the taxpayer, leading to the feeling that this was again a case of capitalism for the rich and communism for the poor.

Vindi Banga, Senior Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Ludovic Phalippou, Professor of Financial Economics discuss these differing views and separate the truth from the fiction.