纳斯达克指数、上证综合指数……经济指数都这么“枯燥”吗?不然。看看这些简单有趣的现象,也能反映经济状况。摩天楼指数也被称为劳伦斯魔咒,因其发现者——经济学家劳伦斯而得名。他总结出,世界最高大楼的开工建设,与商业周期的剧烈波动高度相关,大楼的兴建通常都是一国经济衰退到来的前兆。劳伦斯把这个发现称为“百年病态关联”:大厦建成,经济衰退。 Nasdaq index, the Shanghai Composite Index ... ... economic indicators are so “boring ”? Look at these simple and interesting phenomena, but also reflect the economic situation. The Skyscraper Index, also known as Lawrence’s Curse, is named after its discoverer, the economist Lawrence. He concluded that the construction of the tallest building in the world is highly correlated with the drastic fluctuations in the business cycle. The construction of the building is usually a precursor to the recession of a country. Lawrence called this discovery a “century-old pathological relationship”: the building was completed and the economy was in recession.