Scott Bok

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Odd Lots · Scott Bok on How Bankers Spread the Gospel of Capitalism · 19 May 2025 podcast

You know, it came in fits and starts.

It got more integrated.

The Euro was sort of formed as its own currency.

You know, I remember it because it happened right.

Before I moved to London from Morgenstein when the Berlin Wall fell, that really changed the attitude in Europe a lot, that Europe was now going to be a bigger, more integrated place.

There was a lot of opportunity economically.

You know, clearly China joining the World Trade Organization was another big event.

But I also think what drove it, and this is maybe a little bit circular, but I think it's true, I think this trillions of dollars worth of MA transactions, that the more

You did, you know, it's like deals beget deals, right?

If you're in a c in an industry and you see one of your competitors buy something that gives them a leg up on what you're doing, you're gonna go out and try to find something of your own.

And so it kind of fed on itself and obviously in the end created a massive industry that really is focused on doing transactions.

And I was a I was a part of that industry.

Well, I think that it's it's a little bit of both, but I do think they're mostly driven by rational strategy and it makes sense.

I think those broad strategic themes I think cause one company that's a bit more uh of a leader, a bit more kind of proactive, will do something, and then it kind of wakes up the other ones that they need to do something too.

And you know, particularly if you think about how technology has changed so many industries.

I mean, you know, take your industry, take the media industry.

Yeah.

I mean the so called legacy

Media.

Boy, they have had a rough generation.

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