As I’ve been preparing this private email, I’ve been ruminating a bit on the central riddle of our industry: why there is such scant coverage of a multi-trillion business that comprises two percent of global G.D.P. Surely, far more time and energy has been dedicated to far smaller, less consequential trades.
Lauren Sherman
March 27, 2023
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