Clear-Cut Forestry vs Regrowth Capitalism

"“When you have cleared a forest to a clear-cut, you can’t get anything more out of it. But if you harvest a bit at a time and constantly replant, you get regrowth. Private equity firms cut down too much. They hollow out the companies, taking the profits instead of reinvesting them.” That’s how he describes the situation."

"Hasse says that all the profits in the company where he works go to pay fees and interest to the banks and the “management company,” the holding company controlled by the private equity firm’s representatives. He thinks it is demoralizing."

"One of the first private equity firms, Priveq’s founder Christer Dahlström, has an attitude toward debt that is similar to Hasse’s. Dahlström has never worked with really high leverage and is doubtful about it. – It is unfortunate for an acquired company to be sitting with large debts to the owners. There is also a risk that the CEO focuses too much on short-term cash flow and too little on long-term investments. But it yields lower returns with lower leverage, he says."