>Why is Europe still so poor? Sorry, what? The EU is the most highly developed unified economy on Earth. >Necessity is the mother of all invention. People ta

>Why is Europe still so poor? Sorry, what? The EU is the most highly developed unified economy on Earth. >Necessity is the mother of all invention. People take risks out of desperation, not for "fun". "People who can provide for themselves in dignity, won't let me whip them." You're expressing a strangely fetishized, sadomasochistic view of business. Perhaps you should take a cold shower?