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There are a bunch of Europeans working in the top labs abroad. We do not lack any know how, we only lack the raw amount of capital invested in doing private res
by alberto467 2mo ago
There are a bunch of Europeans working in the top labs abroad. We do not lack any know how, we only lack the raw amount of capital invested in doing private research, since our companies cannot thrive and compete globally due to regulations. Mistral would be much bigger if it was founded in the US.
- lores 2mo agoOr it would be gone. Or it would be in the hands of psychopaths. Europe trades off the extremes for a better middle. It doesn't produce quite as many big names, but US and EU economies are roughly the same size.
- gboss 2mo agoEurope does have 150-200 million more people right?
- sznio 2mo agojust barely over a 100M more
- gboss 2mo agoWikipedia says 745 million… that can’t be right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe So even worse
- inemesitaffia 2mo agoDoes that include Russia, the Asian country with a European Capital?
- fulafel 2mo agoPopulation-weighted, the country is more European (80% of pop on Europe side). That 80% counts towards population of Europe.
- p91paul 2mo agoEU != Europe... According to wikipedia, EU has a 23 trillion GDP (30 trillion PPP) and 451 million people, making ~51k GDP per person (67k PPP). US is at 32 trillion GDP and same PPP for 342 million people - 94k per person
- illiac786 2mo agoAh, interesting I always thought USA’s GDP far ahead, but it’s not. Compared to EU it’s 20 vs. 30 trillions/y. Adding Switzerland, UK, etc. and it’s close.
- lores 2mo agoPPP the EU is also about 30 trillions, which is probably the better measure since we're comparing production for domestic purposes.