Revista The Economist | Nov 27/21 | Economía. En Inglés

Revista The Economist | November 27/2021 | En Inglés

ISSN: 0013-0613

Descripción

THE ECONOMIST is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts. In addition to regular weekly content, Special Reports are published approximately 20 times a year, spotlighting a specific country, industry, or hot-button topic. The Technology Quarterly, published 4 times a year, highlights and analyzes new technologies that will change the world we live in

The Economist es una publicación semanal , que aborda la actualidad de las relaciones internacionales y de la economía desde un marco global. Su primer número fue publicado el 2 de septiembre de 1843 bajo la dirección de James Wilson. Aunque por razones históricas se define a sí mismo como un periódico, su formato actual se asemeja al de una revista

Contenido

VLADIMIR LENIN believed that a tiny vanguard could, through force of will, harness historical forces to transform how global capitalism works. He was right. However, the revolutionaries have not been bearded Bolsheviks but a few thousand investors, mostly based in Silicon Valley, running less than 2% of the world’s institutional assets. In the past five decades, the venture capital (VC) industry has funded enterprising ideas that have gone on to transform global business and the world economy. Seven of the world’s ten largest firms were VC-backed. VC money has financed the companies behind search engines, iPhones, electric cars and mRNA vaccines. Now capitalism’s dream machine is itself being scaled up and transformed, as an unprecedented $450bn of fresh cash floods into the VC scene (see Finance & economics section)