In 2013, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby warned of a future in which global banks dominated an ever wealthier City of London with ever-spiralling property prices, served by a “disenfranchised population” commuting in daily from elsewhere. Then came the pandemic. Today, the City is a near-ghost town, its bankers and lawyers working from home offices and attics. To entice them back eventually — at least some of the time — the Square Mile has conjured a vision of a vibrant, diverse future where software designers and artists stroll beside derivatives traders on traffic-free streets. Achieving anything like it will require many stakeholders to work together. But it will strengthen the City’s defences, too, against its other big challenge: Brexit.
2013年，坎特伯雷大主教贾斯廷•韦尔比(Justin Welby)警告称，未来，manbetx app苹果 银行将支配一个比以往任何时候都富有、房价不断蹿升的伦敦金融城(City of London)，而在此工作的是每天从其他地方通勤而来的“被剥夺权利的人”。后来，新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19，即2019冠状病毒病）疫情爆发了。如今，伦敦金融城几乎成了鬼城，这里的银行家和律师都在家或阁楼中办公。为了吸引他们最终回到这里——至少待一段时间——“平方英里”（Square Mile，伦敦金融城的别称——译者注）变戏法似的拿出一套有活力、多元化的未来愿景：软件设计师、艺术家与衍生品交易员在步行街擦肩而过。达到这样的目标需要许多利益相关方共同努力。但这也将增强伦敦金融城对其最大挑战——英国退欧(Brexit)——的防御能力。