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It’s staggering how much the sizes of mergers and acquisitions have grown. Looking at inflation-adjusted numbers, there’s the anomalous $15B purchase of Carnegi
by Marsymars 7y ago
It’s staggering how much the sizes of mergers and acquisitions have grown. Looking at inflation-adjusted numbers, there’s the anomalous $15B purchase of Carnegie Steel by US Steel in 1901, and then nothing >$1B until the 1960’s and nothing >$10B until the 1980’s.