Of course, there is a lot to fear in modern global finance. Its scale is staggering: more than $4 trillion of mergers and acquisitions this year, with tradable and (theoretically) liquid financial assets reaching perhaps $160 trillion by the end of this year, all in a world where annual global GDP is perhaps $50 trillion.
当然，现代全球金融着实让人恐惧。其规模令人震撼：今年的并购交易总额超过了4万亿美元。可交易和（理论上的）流动性金融资产在今年年底可能达到160万亿美元，而全球的年度GDP却只有50万亿美元。