cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/22904041
American investors are increasingly acquiring European companies, prompting calls for new ownership models to protect economic sovereignty.
The total value of US-held European business assets has surged from $1.05 trillion in 2011 to $3.79 trillion in 2024, with nearly 32 percent of European assets currently held by American investors.
And yet that’s less than Apple’s market capitalization. That’s even more worrysome than the takeovers.
What’s missing is the same number for Europe. How many American assets are held by European investors?
A lot. So much European investment has been flowing into the USA for the last couple of decades because that’s where the best returns are.
American investor business model: Buy business, squeeze every last penny, ruin business in the meantime, sell off the corpse or get a tax write off/bankruptcy protection.
This has been happening the last couple decades and has accelerated…it’s only a matter of time before the whole shit show collapses
We have the same Shit “Investors” in Europe.
Like the Italian company “Bending Spoons”
