January 27, 2022· 46 min
This Is the Evergrande Endgame as China’s Property Problems Spread
Orality
Model
64%
Mixed oral/literate (blogs, casual essays)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,160 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,044 words)
M:28%
GuestTravis Lundy(5,473 words)
M:27%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic29%
literally, completely, obviously
Engagement53%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
know (82x), they (71x), like (55x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So Joe, it feels like it's ano..., And so just today, I should sa...
Sound Patterns30%
26 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
i mean, the bottom line, if you will
Literate Indicators
Hedging9%
probably, quite, maybe
Passive Voice8%
was dispatched, was resolved, been tasked
Abstract Nouns23%
investment, recommendation, moment
Subordination9%
because, since, until
Sentence Length48%
Avg: 16.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers4%
according to
Impersonal Style47%
452 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style81%
literally, completely, probably
Description
Late last year, the big Chinese property developer Evergrande started running into severe financial distress, as its bonds tumbled and frustrated customers faced delays in getting their homes. Since then, it's gotten worse. Evergrande is still troubled, as are other property developers who have also run into stress. So what does it mean, and what are China's goals here? On this episode, we speak with Travis Lundy, an independent analyst on the Smartkarma platform, who has studied these companies in depth. He explains why things have gotten worse, and what China's goals are with a property sector that historically has been so crucial to its economic model. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.