Weekly Perspective

 

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 We present a compliation of #RandomThoughts on the week that was in Our World as the Tower of Shame in Hong Kong was slated to be removed, Japan is undergoing change yet again, Iran and Israel continue their cold war and in the United States, former President Trump continues its quest to overturn the elections which has been repeatedly debunked:  World British man of Somali heritage named as suspect in Amess killing Whitehall official confirms Ali Harbi Ali is being held following stabbing police say was a terrorist attack OCTOBER 16, 2021   by Sebastian Payne and Robert Wright in London Martin Wolf Without an economic plan, patriotism is Boris Johnson’s last refuge The longstanding dream of a high wage, high productivity economy requires coherent policy OCTOBER 18, 2021   by Martin Wolf Global Economy Goldman Sachs granted full ownership of China securities venture US bank hails ‘milestone’ as it prepares to increase staffing and investment in the country OCTOBER 18, 2021   by Tabby

Please enjoy this curated Snapshot of the week that was in America:    The property complex How a housing downturn could wreck China’s growth model Evergrande’s woes expose the economy’s unhealthy dependence on property Why Hedge Funds Are Turning to Private Markets Drawn by higher returns and a growing opportunity set, hedge funds are increasingly investing in private markets, according to a new report,  Going Private: Hedge Funds and the Convergence of Private and Public Equity Investments , from Goldman Sachs’ Global Markets Division. “We believe there is a confluence of factors at play here,” Kristin Kramer, head of U.S. Capital Introduction in Prime Services, explains in the latest episode of  Exchanges at Goldman Sachs . “The first is that there’s been a pretty significant shift in the capital formation process for companies.” Companies are raising almost twice as much capital pre-IPO as they did a decade ago, leading to a dramatic rise in valuations and an increasing number of s