What happened to London as the world financial hub?

What ever happened to London's expected dominance as the global financial hub?

Here is an article from 2004, for example:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/07/1081…

Has this trend stalled or reversed because of the european debt crisis?

While we're on the topic, why is it that SS/medicare/medicaid are going to drive the US into bankruptcy, but nobody is saying this about the UK? Isn't their entitlement spending (per capita) just as bad if not worse?

And then there are other markets. Of course, we all know this isn't really where you want to work, but I find it interesting:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23…

 
Cartwright:
What happened to London as the world financial hub?

-dated 1950

Exactly.

Europe is a spent power and the US has been totally dominant for decades - this just removes any pretense. It is no longer necessary to humor them.

Get busy living
 
UFOinsider:
Cartwright:
What happened to London as the world financial hub?

-dated 1950

Exactly.

The USA is a spent power and China has been totally dominant for decades - this just removes any pretense. It is no longer necessary to humor them.

In 10 years this will be posted on a website called hongkongoasis.hk

 
bulge_bracket_bernanke:
UFOinsider:
Cartwright:
What happened to London as the world financial hub?

-dated 1950

Exactly.

The USA is a spent power and China has been totally dominant for decades - this just removes any pretense. It is no longer necessary to humor them.

In 10 years this will be posted on a website called hongkongoasis.hk

^ funny

but wrong. SO SAWWIE!

Get busy living
 
bulge_bracket_bernanke:
UFOinsider:
Cartwright:
What happened to London as the world financial hub?

-dated 1950

Exactly.

The USA is a spent power and China has been totally dominant for decades - this just removes any pretense. It is no longer necessary to humor them.

In 10 years this will be posted on a website called hongkongoasis.hk

For sure. After the Chinese real estate bubble pops. And everybody remembers it's just an overpopulated 3rd world country without fundamental political freedoms or transparent markets.

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 
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Independent Gestion:
bulge_bracket_bernanke:
UFOinsider:
Cartwright:
What happened to London as the world financial hub?

-dated 1950

Exactly.

The USA is a spent power and China has been totally dominant for decades - this just removes any pretense. It is no longer necessary to humor them.

In 10 years this will be posted on a website called hongkongoasis.hk

For sure. After the Chinese real estate bubble pops. And everybody remembers it's just an overpopulated 3rd world country without fundamental political freedoms or transparent markets.

Yup, here is the CCPs official human rights policy: http://www.slappytickle.com/images/learn_chinese.jpg
Get busy living
 

As human talent and financial capital disperses, the world will become increasingly multi-polarized - there will be no "one" financial hub. New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai will each gain increasingly important region roles.

 

UK spending is more efficient in healthcare and I disagree with the notion of entitlement spending as bad per se. There are actually things that government can provide better than the market.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!
 

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