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If you were looking for fighting words dur- ing the 1980s, "mergers and ac-quisitions" would do nicely. This phrase could make the hair on a corporate titan's head stand on end and touch off ideological brawls among people worried about the future of the
U.S. economy. Some said the decade's extraor- dinary number of corporate mergers, takeovers, and leveraged buyouts was destroying the U.S. economy. Others insisted that these activities were a healthy development.
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