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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by analog31 on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:34PM (#27480928)
Oddly enough I've struggled to find any data showing that the US is actually better for entrepreneurs. It's all anecdotal. I have a small business but it will stay small because I need my day job for health care.

Granted, this is but one article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/10/think-w...

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by ekianjo on Saturday June 12, 2021 @12:22AM (#27481508)
Gdp is not anecdotal.
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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by pjbk on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:36AM (#27481847)
Nor productivity:

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/b2774f97-en/1/2/1/index....

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by oblio on Saturday June 12, 2021 @02:04AM (#27481989)
That only shows the evolution, what are the actual numbers?
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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by thow-01187 on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:09AM (#27482630)
Let's just say...that the data doesn't exactly support the thesis that the lack of venture funding is a drag on Europe's productivity

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/labor-productivity-per-ho...

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by effie on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:08AM (#27483256)
Very strange to see UK and South Korea so low.
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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by ransom1538 on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:47PM (#27481013)
"Oddly enough I've struggled to find any data showing that the US is actually better for entrepreneurs"

That literally was what the article was about. Tons of figures/facts in the article.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by analog31 on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:59PM (#27481084)
Indeed, I was just skittish about hanging my hat on a single article.
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