Rather than reducing concentrated market power through “disruption” or “creative destruction,” technological innovation historically has only added to the problem, by awarding monopolies to just one or a few dominant firms. And market forces offer no remedy to the problem; only public policy can provide that.
shows that technological change leads not to disruption, but to deeper, more enduring forms of market power.
The passing of America’s preeminent foreign-policy thinker and practitioner marks the end of an era. Throughout his long and extraordinarily influential career, Henry Kissinger built a legacy that Americans would be wise to heed in this new era of great-power politics and global disarray.
reviews the life and career of America’s preeminent foreign-policy scholar-practitioner.
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香港 - 二十世纪初,意大利马克思主义理论家安东尼奥·葛兰西(Antonio Gramsci)写道:“旧的正在消亡,但新的无法诞生”。今天,我们似乎也生活在一个类似的过渡时代,同样面临着“各种各样的病症”,包括但不限于全球供应链的断裂和通货膨胀回归。当前境况唯一的出路是支持新市场、新产业和新机构的发展。但是,谁来为这项行动提供资金支持呢?
在以经济快速增长和利润回报丰厚的繁荣时期,商业银行和私募机构可以帮助新兴和高效的企业筹集足够的资金,来收购和重组低效和濒临破产的公司,从而构建新的供应链。但自2008年全球金融危机以来,全球金融监管收紧,加之利率长期维持较低水平,主流金融机构更加谨慎。他们现在更偏好低风险业务并缩短投资期限。
因此,当前全球债务水平处于历史高位,市场集中度大幅提高,少数上市公司享有巨大的市场份额,科技行业尤为如此。与此同时,在公开市场受到严格监管的情况下,那些寻求更高收益率的投资者正在转向流动性较低、缺乏透明度且监管程度较低的私募市场。根据麦肯锡发布的《2023年全球私募市场评论》,2017年以来,私募市场的资产管理总额以每年近20%的速度增长,截至2022年6月已达到11.7万亿美元。
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