<p>Back in the 1980s leveraged buyouts were a common event. Financiers like T. Boone Pickens would borrow money, buy a controlling interest in a publicly traded stock and then re-engineer the company, for example, by selling it off in pieces.</p>

<p>This activity seems to be a thing of the past. I assume some law was passed to prevent leveraged buyouts. What was the cause of the demise of leveraged buyouts?</p>

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Taking 5 minutes to Google "leveraged buyout" I have found a 2014 instance of a leveraged buyout and 2016 July plans to do more, so perhaps all is not as it "seems".
Giskard
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@denesp I know they still occur, but it seems that they occur much less frequently than in the 1980s.
Lassie Fair
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"it seems" $\neq$ statitics
Giskard
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denesp ≠ spelling
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What happened to leverage buyouts?
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# What happened to leverage buyouts?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-09-05)

Back in the 1980s leveraged buyouts were a common event. Financiers like T. Boone Pickens would borrow money, buy a controlling interest in a publicly traded stock and then re-engineer the company, for example, by selling it off in pieces.

This activity seems to be a thing of the past. I assume some law was passed to prevent leveraged buyouts. What was the cause of the demise of leveraged buyouts?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Half of your last [20 questions](http://economics.stackexchange.com/users/1448/username_0-username_0?tab=questions&sort=newest) have been answered. Have you considered accepting any of the answers yet? So far (Sep.5th/16) no answers have been accepted.  
> **username_1**: Taking 5 minutes to Google "leveraged buyout" I have found a 2014 instance of a leveraged buyout and 2016 July plans to do more, so perhaps all is not as it "seems".  
> **username_0**: @denesp I know they still occur, but it seems that they occur much less frequently than in the 1980s.  
> **username_1**: "it seems" $\neq$ statitics  
> **username_0**: denesp ≠ spelling  

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