The Return of the Skyscraper Index
Twelve years ago Andrew Lawrence, then a Hong Kong-based property analyst for a British investment bank, formulated what he called the Skyscraper Index, correlating construction of the world’s tallest skyscrapers with economic crises going back to 1873.
Although the Index is somewhat fanciful, it has proved remarkably accurate. And, if the past is any pr…
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