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This is also why there won't ever be a European Silicon Valley. Paris isn't going to support any Europe-wide effort to create one that isn't located in the Hexagon, nor will Berlin support one that isn't somewhere in Germany. London pre-Brexit would not and did not support anything that might take away from Silicon Fen. While other US states encourage their own tech centers' growth, Floridians and New Yorkers and Tex…
Part of the problem is that in Europe they go about these initiatives by throwing grant money and government programs at it. This can create jobs, and they can become efficient at extracting grant money, but it doesn't necessarily create a self-sustaining economic engine. In my opinion Europe needs to go about it via policy, and maybe even culture, rather than funding. Get rid of non-competes. Make financing less sca…
Every type of company other than the very basic person-level companies are of a limited liability type, so i don't see how that'd be the case, but haven't done it so maybe I'm missing something.
> Controversially, roll back overly permissive or complex labor laws that make it difficult to fire and hire
Do you think the majority of the population would accept to be worse off, on the chance that there might be some more innovation and money in tech? Why would they? People like not having to worry if their boss is an asshole and makes them do a dangerous job on the fear of getting fired, having affordable healthcare, paid vacation time. Few people would be willing to sacrifice such comforts and the lack of stress associated for the potential benefit of few.