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Today on Your Call: What is private equity and how is it shaping our economy?

On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Josh Kosman author of "Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy."  What are the economic effects of private equity deals? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is the relationship between private equity firms and Washington power players? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Josh Kosman, a veteran financial reporter and the author of The Buyout of America, How Private Equity is Destroying Job and Killing the American Economy

Kevin Hall is the national economics correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers

Web Resources:

Josh Kosman: Buyout of America: How Private Equity Is Destroying Jobs and Killing the American Economy

Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: Romney's private equity record: Jobs lost, jobs created

Nate Hindman, Huffington Post: Mitt Romney's Private Equity Past Haunts Some Investors' Future