Why Europe has stagnated

Episode 13 of the Works in Progress is about regulation, labour markets, and energy

Europe is now much poorer than America. Is it because Europe doesn’t have a big tech giant? Can we blame the bureaucrats in Brussels? What happened to make Germany ban combustion cars? Should we turn Europe into a playground for American and Asian elites? Are the far right going to solve Europe’s energy problems by burning coal to own the libs? Pieter, Sam and Aria discuss why Europe hasn’t grown very much and what we can do to save it. You can watch on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. [00:00:00] Sam Bowman: I’m an ultra optimist. Almost always when people are depressed about something…

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